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we had a smaller fisherman's spring balance weighing up to 50 lbs. The 

 total weight which we could record was 563 lbs. 



Weights and Measurements, 



All lengths were taken in a straight line from nose to end of tail. 

 No, 1 tiger was the first one we shot a day or two after getting on to our 

 ground, and unfortunately I did not know wlu .; I had packed the 50-lb3, 

 spring balance, so we did not get his true weight. The larger machine was 

 right down to 513 and I calculated I put a lifting pressure of from 15 to 

 20 lbs, before it moved back, I should say he weighed full 525 to 530 lbs. 

 No. 2 was a very stout tiger, only 8'-7" long and 486 lbs, weight. 

 No, 4 was the most enormous tiger I ever saw, not in length, but bulk ; 

 she first took the big machine down to 513 lbs, I then hitched the 50-lbs, 

 one into his mouth and took full 50 lbs, weight into that, still the big machine 

 did not move, and we calculated he was 20 to 30 lbs, over the combined 

 weights shown, which would make him fully 585 lbs. The heaviest tigress 

 weighed 320 lbs. (length 8'-5"j, and the lightest 288 lbs. (length 8'-0|"). I may 

 add that I tested the weighing machines before starting, and on returning 

 from our shooting trip, they were both right to within a pound. 



The following case of a tiger swimming with a kill across a river is ;ather 

 interesting : — 



We had moved camp that morning, and in the evening I went out to look 

 up the pugs of a tiger and tie-up. for it. Passing a village about two miles 

 from camp, the Gontra came running out and told me that their cattle had just 

 been raided by a tiger who had killed two and mauled three more. They 

 were just driving in the three wounded ones ; these were clawed about the 

 withers and neck, and one died within an hour, I went to the place where 

 tbe two had been killed. They were lying about 20O yards apart just inside a 

 patch of jungle, in a bend of the river. All round the bend the river was from 

 25 to 40 yards broad and varied in depth, from 5 to 10 feet or more. The 

 patch of jungle in the bend was about 5 acres. Opposite one side of the bend 

 the jungle continued up the bank of the river ; on all other sides it was open 

 cultivation. It was too late to do anything that evening, so I gave orders to 

 report early if either kill was touched. Early next morning we were told 



