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John Richardson, W.S.
Price of tigers' skins, etc. in England
1891 Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society (6): 278-278
When in England quite recently I went several times to Rowland Ward's shop in Piccadilly. They told me that they had just given the largest price that had ever been paid for a tiger's skin. It was a skin from Manchooria measuring over 13 feet, with thick deep wool on it like a bear. The price paid was œ63, and the skin was not set up. I did not see this skin, but I saw and measured one in the shop which also came from Manchooria; it measured 13' 4'' and had deep fur, more like the snow-leopard than any other animal I know. There was no bullet mark on it; and I was told that all the skins obtained from those parts are those of animals which had been poisoned. They had also in the shop two boars' heads which had come from Siberia; they were immense - bigger than those of any Indian boar. They were probably _Sus scrofa_ and not our Indian species. The tusks were very thick, but I do not suppose the best out of the two pairs was 8''.
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