SOMETHING ABOUT GIANTS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 63, 3 January 1908, Page 2

SOMETHING ABOUT GIANTS.

«, Old chroniclers tell wonderful stories of the giants that used to walk the earth, even as we read in the bible of Goliath, who was slain by the youth David. In later days perhaps the most interesting books on giants was written by a-' French scholar named Henrion, in 1718. This book asserted tftat Adam, the first man, was 123 feet 9 inches tall, and th.at Eve was only 5 feet shorter. After Adam man began to lose height rapidly. Noah, says M. Henrion, was about 27 feet tall, and Abraham measured not more than 20 feet. Moses reached only the poor height of 13 feet, and finally man had to be contented with feeble little frames from 4 to 6 feet in height Many huge human skeletons have been found, according to report. It is said that the skull of Chevalier Rincorn, whose remains were discovered in 1509, at Rouen, held a bushel of wheat. The shinbone was 4 feet long, and others in proportion. Many other similar'skeletohs were found, one in Sicily that measured feet In length, ft thy present century, howeyes, it has been shown that these skeletons were not of humans, but of prehistoric It is an interesting faqt that giants, as a rule, are both weak of body and of mind, while dwarfs are usually keenly witted and healthy. A story is told that the Empress of Austria in the seventeenth century had all the giants and dwarfs of the Germanic empire assembled at Vienna. They were quartered together, and fear was expressed that the giants would terrify the dwarfs. The contrary proved to be the case. The dwarfs tormented and robbed the giants to such an extent tftat, with tears in their eyes, the giahfe begged to be protected from them..'*. ' f " • •■' • " The usual circus and museum giants of to-day are 1 rarely'over x % feet in height, but they w,ear tyigh.-h/eejed todts and h»gh qats {hat ad£ a sa\ 5r nfofe iff Ijeigljt to thdp aßneapi^e.