The size of the Indian tiger / J. Fayrer.

  • Joseph Fayrer
Date:
1878
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Credit: The size of the Indian tiger / J. Fayrer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    measuring more than io feet 6 inches in the skin. He saw the skin of one at Dinagepore, over 12 feet in length ; this was also no doubt stretched. Col. J. Macdonald has killed a tiger of 10 feet 4 inches. He says : “ I do believe tigers have excep- tionall^.feached 12 feet.” The Hon. R. Drummond, C.S., killed a tiger 11 feet 9 inches in length before being skinned. Col. Shakespeare killed a tiger of 11 feet 8 inches. In regard to the allusion to Buffon’s tiger of 15 feet, and Hyder Ally’s of 18 feet, I refer to but to express my distrust of them. It is needless to adduce further evidence. I repeat that though male tigers over 10 feet may be uncommon, they do occasionally (and I said no more) attain the greater size. June 17 J. Fayrer
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