The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-07-22
SOME GIANTS.

IN lIl6 freOcn dCRuem!olan nhme'
HenriOn cndcavorsd to show great de-
crease in the height ot men between tn,
periods Of the Creation and tho Christ
ian Era. Adam, he snYs, was 1893 feel
9 inches high; Eve, ill8 feet 0 inches
Noah, n feet; Abraham, 90 feet; Moses
IS feet. The allegation Obou, Adam il
moderate compared with that made by
early Rabbinioa writers, who affirm that
his head oyertoppcd the atmosphere,
aud that he touched the Arctic Pole
with one hand and tho Ausrtic with tho
other Tmditionay memorials Of the
primeval giants still exist in Palestine
in the form of graves of enormous d.
mcnsions; as tho grove of Abel near
Damascus. which is 50 feet long; that of
Seth about the somo size, and that of
Noah, in Lebanon, which is 10 yatdu in
longthl
Piny says thdI by an earthquake 10
Crete q mountain was opened, and in il
wos discovered q skeleton snnding up.
right, as cubits long. which vas suppo.
sed to be that of Orion or Ov,. The
same author relatr0 that in tho time Of
ChudiOs Ca,ar there was m an, named
GabbarOs. broUgh, by that Emperor
from Arabia to Rome, who was 0 feet
four inches high, 'lho tallest man that
has been seen in our tines" But this
giant was not SO tall as Posio and Sccun,
diIln, IN the reign oI Aucnslus CUsor,
whose bodies were preserved as curiosi'
Ties 10 museum in the Sallusiihn Gar,
dcus. and each of whom measured in
length 10 feet Inches,
The Emperor Msximus Ivory much
Of a mpn) was Icst high, and wos 10
tue babi, Of using his wire's bracelet for
a thumb ring His shoe was a foot
longer than that Of any other man, and
his strength go great that he could draw
a carriage which two oxen could not
move. Ho generally ate forty pounds
weight Of llesh and drank six galIoos Of
wine every day. Not at all a desirable
or profitable guest for the 81, Nicholas
even at the current price Of board; though
not so tall as one Of whom Josephus tells
viz: Eleoznr, Jew who was one Of tho
hostages whom the king of Persia sent
to Rome after q peace. This giant was
over 10 feet high, But these arc rig
mics compared with him Of whom Kir-
cher writes (though this is what Yan.
koo philosopher would denomnaie
wbopper) The skeleton Of this giant
was dug out Of stone 5epnlcbre near
Rome in the reign Of the Emperor Hen.
la. A...lsS-
ed toll, was known TO bo that Of POllas
who was slain by Turnus. and WAS
higher than The walls Of the cityl The
same author tells US that anolher.skole.
ton was 'ound noir Palermo that must
have belonged to man 400 tsGt high.
In times more modern (lGl3.) somc
masons digging rear therulns Of Cas-
'le in Dauphine in feld which by ira
d,ion had long been called The Gt.
ants Field. at the depth Of ls feet dis
covered brick tomb 80 feet long, l2
feet vide, and feet high, en- which was
grave stone with tho words 'ThCutObo'
chus Rex cut lhereon. When the tomb
was opened they found u bumln skol'
ton onlirc S5I feet long, 10 feet wido
across the shoulders, Oni 5 fee, dec p
from The breast 10 the back. His teeth
were about tho siza Of an ox's foot, and
his shin bone measured 4 feet in langth.
Plot, In his 0xfordshre,' 1915, says
that okole,on II feet high was then 10
be seen in the town hail 10 Luccrno. It
had been louud under On oak in vii.
lisau, near tho Yillogo OF ROydon. lie
instances numerous gigantic bones which
had been dug up in England. and adds:
d, remains that (uoswilhstaudiug their
Hxlravaganl magnilude) they must have
been the bones Of men or womeQ, nor
does anything hinder but they mGy have
been so, provided that it be clearly made
out lhst there have been men and wo-
men Of Proporrionnic stature ia oil ages
Etho world, down even to cur own
days
Old Cotton Msther held The belief that
Ihefo had been IN the Ontediluvan world
men Of every prodiaious stature, in the
consequence Of finding Of bones and
teeth Of great siz,, which he judged 10 be
human, in Albany. ile describes q one
particular grinder weighing 4] pounds
and a broad, fat, forestoolh, four fug
crs breadth: although bone, supposed
TO be Ihigh.b bone, n feet long, which
with tho others. crumbled to pieces as
soon as il was exposed 10 the airy,
a, Scaver, in HaPers Magazine Jor
Juiy
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beautiful that die, and is forgotten. An
infant a pra!lling child. dying in its