THE TIGER. 
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of furniture in the houses of the wealthy 
; though, for texture and general 
. ^hty, the furriers of Europe deem them 
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®rior to the skins of the leopard and pan- 
of the Old World and the jaguar of the 
ew. 
The average height of the tiger is about 
feet, and the length nearly six ; but the 
^h^cies varies considerably in size, some indi- 
j Bilals having been found much taller and 
^?*^§er than the lion himself. The largest 
of Bengal measure ten feet, exclusively 
/he tail, and some of them are as high as a 
^^dle-sized horse. 
^ The tiger is commonly considered to be un- 
to the lion in muscular strength, but the 
which the former has been often known 
’^ake contradict this opinion. Nothing 
daunt the temerity or repress the ravages 
this fierce marauder when goaded by hun- 
Under this impulse he will quit the 
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