Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1868-06-26

TRACES OF THE GIANTS.

It'isquite amistako to suppose that
tho giants Of antiquity were abnormal
phenornena, liko "the Norfolk Giant"
and othor celebrities of our own time ;
they wore veritab'e races of men of q
statnre far exceeding evon the Pata-
goniaas Of South America. We learn
ed from the Scriptures.- that giants
livod before the flood; these arc prob
ably tho Titans Of tradition, whose
during .impiety provoked the Dcluge.
Aftor tho Hood VIC find gigantic races
tho Emim, Auakim, or Rephsim-
i"habiling Palestine; and therefore
we may infsr other that one of the
wives Of Noah's sons was of gigantic
Stature, or that, coming of this race,
somo of tho chiidron subs, quontIy re-
verted 20 it, in Conformity with u
Well-known law of nature. What
evor doubt may exist upon tho sub
ject OF the antediluvian giants, none
whatever can possibly exist regarding
these Anakim, orsons Of Onk, for we
are expressly told that the .1sraelites
"telt as grasshoppcrs before them
sud tho height Of one of their kings
i' incidentally noticed. -
The gisrts lived along tho mountain
eaains of Canaan; ru'ing an inferior
racc known as Amorites. They had
military outposte in tho valleys, and
dominated over. the rich pastoral
plains beyond Jordan, especially .Ba-
shan, in one part of which-Argob
-"sixty great cities fenced with high
walls, gatos, and bars, besides unwall-
sd towns great many" were taken
iy Jair, and are still TO be seen in ru-
las. From these AID other facts il
will readily be seen that their INTEL
lectual capacities wore fully equal to
their physica developement; and q
AtilI further proof of this il, that ono
Of their capitals WAS called, Ki,jutb-
sopher or ''city Of archives" Joshua
exptured and burnt these in his third
campaign. twill be seen how omi-
Hantly appropriate TO ,ais great pas.
torai race:was the epithct "Shepherd
Kings" and there -seoms no doubt
that these are the "Hyksos" who con
auersd Egypt, and are CONNIE emorated
upon the walls Of the old temp of
Karnak. . >
tbs three celebrated capitals of the
giants were Ash taroth- -Karnaim, Kir-
ja,h Sepher, and Kirjsth-Arba 9Jebn.
(Jorusslem) was also "a colony of tho
Rephain, aud thence game Melchiee-
dvk, probably a sort; of Cahaanitish
Zoroaster or C6nfucius. The giants
xppcar to have become very rapidly
extinct. As they we're talented in
war and-strong 10 person ,this appears
extraordinary; but possibly the s4md
csuses which Induced tho sextirpptior
Of the mammoth and other lasge
snammais may haye. affseted tLe gian,
raeeso Antiquity Sir s. Bsker i, o.
opihion that the oicphsut, rhinoeeros
and'larger mammals con scarcely sur
vive the present century; At tho, pres
ont rate of destraction ! Years after
.Og,>the last survivor Of Tho giants,
teund ruling over the old stro nSKolf
pasban. The remnant took erefug>
amongst tho Philistines; whenes fssaed
in the timo Of Saul and. DayiJ. ta<
giant, ehampions-Goiath, Hshnli
snd sippia. - ~ '-, 49,.
An-interessing qresti on presents itssaf
Were tie -gian!. confined to Palsstin
alone? We e'have earlier ( tautieplie) record
OF tie history Of P.Ies,iuc than Of ac;
oiher country, and finding" giants there q
very remote psriod,, ma,t ,we not rcaeor
ably promise .thatsif We had dysimt,arsipfor
ma,i6uAegsrding a.her eepaisiss wsshosl
fiud gigantic races in shesu alsoa But "
sren not leftSitegeiher to. cehiect1rp, - fe
oral tradition Especially Of Cslie -s,atien:
and archaeology both favor 4ha .heory tlss
giants were widely Distributed aEleast ose
the countries which border the Mediterr.
neap.. It-msy be objected, why are the
homes NOT ai.eeyerea H:,hey wsie % Wild
~ di.tlibuteds TO th;. II unay be replis,
that un,l they, .te fanna in Patestip
where W kpqmtle. ,gsnts once e1jste
we .csands logically dispute the. e1isstet,s
of eigaptiexacesiu oiher coun,riss, on Il
ground that 20 remains are found. -
Respecting The Arel.aeelegicaI prosfs. i
Which ! Rave ,advertsA .t5s pbirosopb
schlseel.semstlssi. IN. Es< sashai,sopby.es
ui.leg.1 ,ps Tbsts s4stslso mo,
.umAhia, a,sat s9hsr. saenspats snf. .fasaessi
tlrs neg. g5inid b sst; yss ssiiH; nc : :.
tteS.as6ea4ssted .siiifh; :aahss. s,AjsAt;,as 4
hsssasesssSs Ss ssshs Beaesss 1,stt.
taHasH e}a5sSssa walls a!sh ,sh assxto7
seusatiS1a hatyt md shs
-thsssInhA ssis sens ssak aaf. a.
forn6t, cor fl,1 SifiSuisr ssamn oestssAt;arni; 3