46 VALUE OF TIGERS 
tiger that I saw here destroyed by poison had killed a 
pig on June 28, and partly eaten it. The remains were 
poisoned in the manner previously described, and left 
till the next morning, when, on approaching, the brute 
was seen about a hundred yards from its prey in a 
helpless, cramped condition, and it very soon died. It 
proved to be a fine young male, and measured as fol- 
lows: Tip of nose to base of tail, 66 inches; tail, 34 
inches; round head, 29 inches; round neck, 23 inches ; 
round fore-arm, 28 inches ; length of fore-leg, 26 inches ; 
round fore-foot, 133 inches; length of hind leg, 294 
inches; round hind foot, 10 inches. Eight coolies were 
required to carry the carcass to the house, where it was 
triced up to a beam and skinned. This operation, to- 
gether with cutting the flesh off the bones, took a great 
part of the night ; the latter was undertaken as I wished 
to preserve the skeleton. 
The meat, &c., was all carried off and devoured, the 
bones being put to macerate; and now a new diffi- 
culty presented itself to me. This was how to prevent 
their being stolen, as they are worth at least thirty taels, 
and are used partly in medicine. Some are supposed to 
be most effective in strengthening the muscles on which 
they are rubbed, a rounded bone of the hind leg being 
much prized for this purpose. I therefore kept them in 
a tub of water in the house until my nostrils rebelled. 
