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The 12-ft. tiger which occasioned a big discussion in recent years, 
was shot in the Jalpaiguri Duars by a lady, Mrs. Laurie Johnson, and the 
measurement was, if I remember rightly, vouched for by the late Mr. 
Pughe, I. G. of Bailway Police, Col. Evans Gordon and others. In 1897 
Mr. P. J. de Launey shot at Comilla a tiger that taped 11 ft. 1J- ins.; 
the measurements were attested by several people in the station, and 
-Asian there appeared full details, together with photographs. 
When the skin was sent to Calcutta to be dressed, I took the following 
measurements : — 
Length, from tip of nose to tip of tail ... ... 12 feet 6 inches. 
Length of tail from root to tip ... ... 3 5 
"Width, under forearm ... ... r; « 
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Width, across centre of skin .... ... ... 4 
It will be seen from the width of this skin that undue stretching lengthways 
had not been indulged in, and I also convinced myself of this by a very careful 
examination of the skin. 
When I was conducting the Asian, H. H. The Maharajah of Cooch 
Behar^ favoured me with a list of tigers shot in Cooch Behar, and 
the leiai adjoining, between 1887 and 1897, From this list I make 
