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fall to pieces by his own weight. The
following are some Of the most remarka-
bic instances Of giants, or the discovery Of
their remains.
The first account Of the existence of
giants is to be found in scripture. It is
related that '.jus, before the flood there
were giants IN those days" AT Hebron.
in judea, there was celebrated tribe of
giants, the sons Of Anak, and the spies
sent out by Moses to reconoitre the coun-
try, seem to have made their report in
these words. "And there we saw the 81
ants, the sons of Anak, which come of
the giants, and we were in our own sight
as grasshoprers, and SD we were in their
sight" o., king Of Bashan, who was
slam by Moses at the head Of the Israeli
ties. was the last of this race. His iron
bedstead is described as being nine Gu
bits long and four broad, SO that his ma
jesty Of Bashan must have been about
fourteen feet in heighth. 1t is said,
that thousand years after his death a
cavern was found near Jerusalem in
which was a tomb, with the inscription
IN Chaldaick, s4Here lies the giant Og.' -
A tooth was found in the tomb weigh
ing four pounds and quarter, which, in
the year 1878, was offered to the empe-
ror OF Germany, as great curiosity, for
two thousand rix dollars. The emperor
having some doubts about the fact, the
tooth was refused.
Goliath Is one Of the know n and most
accurately described giants Of sacred his
tory. His stature IS computed to have
been about eleven feet. His strength
was still more extraordinary, as may be
judged from the weight of his armour.
The staff of his spear was Ike d weaver's
beam, and his spearhead weighed six hun
dred shekles of iron ile was armed with
a coat of mail, and the weight Of the coat
was five thousand shekels of brass.
No instances are mentioned by ancient
historians where giants of more than Sc
ven or eight feet were actually seen, while
living, by the writers Human remains,
however, of great size, are said, by more
than one credible wrie,, to have been
The probability IS, that in
most of such cases, the bones found were
not those Of men, but belonged to some
Of the enormous animals, relicks Of which
are frequently discovered in the present
day such as mammoth, mastodons&c. The
skeleton of giant sixty cubits high, is
mentioned by Straho as having been found
near Tangie in Africa. Pliny speaks of
a skeleton forty six cubi's long, which
was exposed at the overthrow OF noun
tain in Crete by an earthquake. 1t is
said that IN the year 1916, a skeleton thir-
~ feet in length was found at >1ino,
in Sicily, the skull Of which wa hge
az hoSshead; and in Bohemia, q
one was found, the legs alone Of winch
we're twenty-slx feet in length, and the
skull 50 large that it could not be Com
passed by the arms of two men. In 1913
there were discovered bones supposed to-
be human, in Sicily, thirty feet III length,
AMI few ears aiterward, one measuring
thirty three feet. Numerous other sto-
ries, probably equally fabulous, are men,
toned by writer's Of the middle ages. A.
mong the men of surprising stature who
are known to have existed since the era
Of the Christian religion, Maximinus, the
of Rome. i, perhaps the most re-
He was originally peasant
in Thrace, but having displayed great
boldness and proves in the Roman ar
mics, he rose to command. He first at
tracted the attention of Alexander Sever
US by keeping up on foot with the en-
,erour for great distance, who was ri-l
ling a very fleet horse. He caused him
self to be proclaimed emperour upon the,
Heath of Seyerus. His stature was over
eight feet high, and his strength in pro-
portion TO his size. 1t is said that he was
lbie to stop a chariot in full speed with
,ne his fingers. Forty pounds Of meat
md eighteen bottles Of wine were his or
iinary allowance for a day.-Sunday
Morning Nsus.
Incledon's love of profane jokes was
from his early education,
as cathedral-boy.) he derived an