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have myself shot, or seen shot, out of over 200, was 10' 2". The 

 average of the Maharaja's 34 tigresses is 8' 7". The largest was 9' 3^". 

 My largest tigress was 9' 2". Some other measurements are given 

 in the Kuch Bihar Game Book. The average girth of 34 big males 

 was 50^" , the average biceps of 32 was 26", the average fore-arm of 

 32 was 18f" ; and the average weight of 14 was 469 lbs. The follow- 

 ing are the measurements of one of the heaviest (though not the 

 longest — he was 9' 9^") tigers I ever shot : — 



Height at shoulder 



Length of body 



„ of tail 



Girth behind shoulders 

 „ of fore-arm below elbow 

 „ of head round cheeks 

 Length of cleaned skull between 



perpendiculars 14 



Breadth of cleaned skull between 



perpendiculars ... 10 T 9 F „ 



Girth round the zygomatic arches ... 27f ,, 



I wish I had kept the measurements of my big 10' 2" tiger. Elieu 

 fugaces ! It is a long time ago. 



Since jotting down the above notes, I have had the luck to kill my 

 longest tiger, and I think also the heaviest I have ever shot or seen. 

 The following are his measurements : — 



Length of body 7' 1|" 



„ of tail 3' U" 



Total ... 10' 4" 



Girth behind shoulder 52" 



„ of fore-arm below elbow 21" 



„ of head 39" 



Height at shoulder between perpendiculars... 42" 

 Length of cleaned skull over all between per- 

 pendiculars 14|." 



Width of cleaned skull outside zygomatic 



arch between perpendiculars 10^" 



Depth of cleaned skull on a horizontal surface 6|" 



I had practically a right and left at a pair. The tigress came first 

 and was knocked over. Then the tiger appeared with a roar and got 

 his right fore-arm broken. He charged, and while he was being 

 polished off, the tigress, most unfortunately, managed to get away into 

 heavy grass of great extent, and we could not find her. 



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