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faculties. Jeffery Hudson, to whom Buffon alludes as the dwarf of the 

 English court, was a brave and intelligent man. He killed, in a duel, Mr 

 Cutts, who had insulted him ; and he served as a captain in the royal army. 

 In modern times, Ave have an instance of a dwarf possessed of every 

 mental and personal accomplishment. Count Borulawski was the son of a 

 Polish nobleman attached to the party of King Stanislaus, and who lost his 

 property in consequence of that attachment. His father had six children, 

 three dwarfs, and three of the ordinary stature ; and it is a singular circum- 

 stance, that they were born alternately, a big and a little one. The Count's 

 youngest sister, who died at the age of twenty-three, was of a much more 

 diminutive size than he was. He grew till he was thirty, when he was 

 three feet two inches in height. The proportions of his figure were perfect- 

 ly correct, which is rarely the case with dwarfs, and his look was manly 

 and noble. His manners Avere full of grace and politeness ; his temper Avas 

 good ; and he possessed a lively Avit, united with an excellent memory and 

 a sound judgment. Till the age of forty-one, he lived in the enjoyment 

 of perfect health, and of all the comforts of life, under the patronage of a 

 lady, who was a friend of the family. He then married a lady, of the mid- 

 dle size, by whom he had three children, none of Avhom Avere dwarfs. To 

 procure the means of subsistence for his family, he at first gave concerts in 

 the principal cities of Germany ; on which occasions he played upon the 

 guitar, of which instrument he was a perfect master. At Vienna he was 

 persuaded to turn his thoughts to England, where it Avas supposed that the 

 public curiosity Avould in a little time benefit him sufficiently to enable him 

 to live independent in a country so cheap as Poland. BorulaAvski accor- 

 dingly visited England, Avhere he Avas admired, and extensively patronized, 

 by the nobility and gentry. He exhibited himself in London, Edinburgh, 

 Dublin, Bath, and most of the principal cities and towns, and Avherever he 

 went he gained friends. BorulaAvski died a feAv years since. He published 

 his OAvn memoirs. 



Of giants Ave have several accounts from mariners, that a nation actually 

 exists ; and mere speculation should never induce us to doubt their veracity. 

 Ferdinand Magellan Avas the first A\iio discovered this race of people along 

 the coast, toAvards the extremity of South America. Magellan was a Portu- 

 guese of noble extraction, Avho having long behaved with great bravery, 

 under Albuquerque, the conqueror of India, he Avas treated with neglect by 

 the court, upon his return. Applying, therefore, to the king of Spain, he 

 was entrusted with the command of five ships, to subdue the Molucca 

 Islands ; upon one of AA r hich he Avas slain. It Avas in his voyage thither, 

 that he happened to winter in St Julian's Bay, an American harbor, forty- 

 nine degrees south of the line. In this desolate region, where nothing Avas 

 seen but objects of terror, where neither trees nor A r erdure dressed the face 

 of the country, they remained for some months without seeing any human 

 creature. They had judged the country to be utterly uninhabitable , when 



