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deserving the attention of archaeologists." A prominent clergyman 

 wrote, " This is not a thing contrived of man, but is the face of one 

 who lived like all the earth ; the very image and child of God ; " thus 

 confirming the impression Hull received from his discussion with the 

 Rev. Mr. Turk. 



Suddenly a series of reverses overtook the giant. Prof. O. C. 

 Marsh, of Yale College, gave it a telling blow by stating that gypsum 

 is soluble in 400 parts of water, yet the surface of the giant was smooth 

 and little dissolved, though surrounded by wet earth, proving that the 

 burial must have been of very recent date. He also found other indi- 

 cations of fraud, which had escaped the notice of the State geologist, 

 and other scientists; as recent tool-marks, in places where they could 

 not be easily effaced, and adjoining water-worn surfaces. This was cor- 

 roborated by Palmer, the sculptor. Soon letters were received from 

 parties who had observed the four-horse team and load on its way to 

 Cardiff; then one from Fort Dodge, detailing the operations in that 

 neighborhood ; and, finally, the statement of Markham, one of the 

 stone-cutters, was obtained. Hon. Lewis Baldwin, a gentleman well 

 versed in archaeology, remarked that the giant could neither be a fin- 

 ished statue nor petrifaction, as it had no hair, though complete in 

 other respects. At last the climax was reached, which connected the 

 person who obtained the stone from the neighborhood of Fort Dodge 

 with the giant, by Newell drawing the money received from the Onon- 

 daga County Bank in a draft payable to Hull's order. 



Yet, for a time, all this discussion only helped to advertise the ex- 

 hibition, which had been removed to Syracuse, where it was visited by 

 such throngs of people as to require special trains on all the railroads. 

 Says Mr. McKinney, in speaking of the pecuniary returns, " The giant 

 yielded an income equal to the interest of $3,000,000 at seven per cent., 

 and large bids were offered for its purchase, as high as $25,000 being 

 offered for one-eighth interest." 



But the blows given soon began to tell. Barnum, having in vain at- 

 tempted to purchase a share, and obtain the management of the exhibi- 

 tion, bargained with a Syracuse sculptor for an unfinished imitation, 

 which, when completed, was placed in Wood's Museum, New York, and 

 extensively advertised and puffed by means of a pamphlet description 

 of the original. He denounced the Syracuse exhibition as a humbug, 

 claiming himself to be possessor of the " only true and original Cardiff" 

 giant." An application was made to Judge Barnard, of Erie Railroad 

 fame, for an injunction against Barnum; but that functionary replied 

 that he had been in the " injunction business," but had " closed out." 



Soon the giant came to New York, only to find itself supplanted. 

 After a few days, it was shipped to Boston, where the excitement bade 

 fair to break out again, from the furor created by the learned men of 

 the modern Athens. Ralph Waldo Emerson pronounced it beyond 

 his depth, astonishing, and undoubtedly ancient. Cyrus Cobb, the ar- 



