SIZE OK TIGERS. 
for the cause, to his horror he saw a tiger stealing towards 
them. As may be supposed, the lad did not remain long 
without bolting ; the pony came home in one direction and 
he in another. 
In respect to the size of tigers, the old Forest Ratiger 
gives the length of a full-grown tiger from point of nose to 
point of tail as 9 feet 5 inches. 
I. 
Length of tail 
. 2 
10 
Height from heel to shoulder 
■ 3 
2 
Girth of body behind shoulder .. 
. 5 
0 
Girth of forearm 
2 
7 
Girth of neck 
0 
Circumference of head 
' 3 
0 
Jerdon gives the average length of a full-grown male 
tiger from 9 feet to 9 feet 6 inches. Occasionally one is 
killed 10 feet. 
F. L 
Shakespeare records one of ... 10 8 
Simpson records two of 10 4 
With height of shoulder ... 4 o 
Nightingale records one ... ... 10 2 
With height of shoulder „. 4 2 
