Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-01-13
Che family Circle.
The Foundation of Two Old Myths.
BY AII%I WINSLOW.


Sop, Bri-ht-cYe>. Don't skip my story
because foundation Is duil-lookin@ word,
ana N"H q" not hho" VIVA! nlN'h means
want /" tel Noa something ""hucll"i
and trn'. We IL look IN eb>'ef anu
ilnd out about 4 nlNth.
y mNIh i 4 laoilni> OF lilltH St"tc-
mcnt-n tale of some extraordinary per
>ont9" or country.
For example Baron Mnhch'usth sto-
rIr>. anu t'u'llNtr alNei'Irrs among lie
glntS OF Broh%tihgnaT anu the little PEG
pl" OF l1lIlpdt. are al myths
The old story of Il race OF plgmles III
Central Atrlca VIII" every year wa-c''
fierce wars with the cranes has been sup
pose to 70" equally fabulous; but recent
travellers IN Africa ten Us tilt mere ttthli-
y l., III Central Africa, 4 tribe OF niue
people about iour feet nigh. heY nave
large hc;ti~, and slender necks anu bodies
liner lower Jaw ana chm protrudr' giving
tn" f1rr an 1p"-lh' expression iiot III ail
handsome.
lhrN are very H%lic; even me "id men
viii Ounce IN 4 W"ndrrlul way Tor LONG
time. and ely are noted Tor their nights
with Wild elephants. All thc tribes OF the
interior hunt the elephant. but these
dWIrt> are most >ucrt>elul he kin OF
the elephant i 50 th'ch Oh HIS tft.A anu
sides, that 1t takes 4 long time to destroy
them with their weapons. bAt these llttic
men Will dtrt underneath the elephant AMI
Wouni HIM IN the DE ". anu tilth get ont
OF the way OF the m'd"tncd creature III
safety
!. >rhWclnturth tells about being >urf"unh-
rd one morning by troop OF lmpudent
boys, IL M supposed. who danced about
hIn with strange @rlmaceS, anu took :tlin
At him with their darts and arrows; then
rctrrltcd a> suddenly rs they had appeared.
He found ont afterwards that he had real
" been in danger. for these plgmleS were
not boys. but full grown men, warriors
we'll trained to hight.
He dId not. S'ct'c III penetrating INTO
their country. but the king gave him one
little man VIII" WAS his companion for
months. and of whom he took great care,
hoping to bring HIM home with him. He
Killed himself. however. by over-cating,
4 fault OF which 1t was impossible to cure
INN.
Du Challlu has written book about
this dwarf nation, and others have seen
ana written about 'hen; so we must ac-
cent travellers III" some foundation lor
thrlr .'"rle>- 80,
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