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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 353 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TIGER .—See also:

Size varies considerably, largest about Io ft. from See also:nose to See also:root of tail. Tigers are found throughout See also:India, See also:Turkestan, See also:China, See also:Mongolia and the See also:East Indies. The coats of the See also:Bengal See also:kind are See also:short and of a dark See also:orange See also:brown with See also:black stripes, those from east or further India are similar in See also:colour, but longer in the See also:hair, while those from See also:north of the Himalayas and the mountains of China are not only huge in size, but have a very See also:long soft hair of delicate XI. I2orange brown with very See also:white flanks, and marked generally with the blackest of stripes. The last are of a See also:noble See also:appearance and exceedingly scarce. They all make handsome See also:floor rugs. Value of the See also:Indian . . from £3 to £15. See also:Chinese £ro to £65.

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