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11 and 12 feet, The late Rir J. F. Yule, k. c. s i., b. c. s., states that he 
has “ killed tigers of 11 feet odd inehes twice or thrice ; ” (2) Colonel George 
Boileau “ killed a tiger at Muteareah in Ondh that, was well over 12 fret before 
the skin was removed, adding that he was of quite an exceptional size, and in 
his experience of 17 vears’ constant hunting he had never seen his equal (3) 
the Hon J. R. Drummond, late Commissioner of Rohilkund, says, “ he never 
saw a 12-foot tiger, though he shot one of 11 feet 9 inches, measured 
as he lay on the ground before being 'padded. ; ” (4) Col. D. G. Stewart says, 
the largest tiger he ever saw measured 11 feet 1 inch. “ He had personally 
measured 80 tigers (5) Major-General Sir II. Green, K. c. s I., c. B., says, 
“ the biggest tiger he ever assisted in killing was one shot near Surat, which 
was 11 feet 11 inches, measured as it lav, and whose skin when pegged out 
was 12 feet 4 inches.” Sir 11. Green shot one hirr.self which measured 10 feet 
11 inches He adds: “ T heard bv last mail from Claude Clerk at Hyderabad who 
said he killed to his own gun the biggest tiger he had ever seen, as it measured 
11 feet 6 inches before skinning.” Sir H. Green concludes bv expressing his 
belief that, st though they must be verv rare, tigers of 12 feet and over do • 
exist;” (6) Mr. C. Shillingford a well known shikari and a personal friend 
of Sir Joseph Fayrer, one in whnRp company he had shot a great deal, and 
whose experience extended over thirty-five vears. during which period he shot 
more than two hundred tigers, says that in 1849 he shot the largest tiger he had 
