20 GIANTS. 



and high * attebacke,' or ancient burial-mound, the bones of 

 an extraordinary man were found. The skull was a foot in 

 breadth, and between the eyes was a space of eight inches. 

 The teeth, which were still fast in the jaw, were as large as 

 those of a horse. The ribs were of double the usual size, 

 and the shin bones thirty-six inches in length ; all which we 

 the undersigned, as well as many others, saw with our own 

 eyes. And to the full truth of this statement we certify, as 

 desired, in the presence of the subscribing witnesses." 



The signatures of the churchwarden and others, attested 

 by the clergyman of the parish, follow ; and the document, 

 which is still preserved in the archives of the Church of Nas, 

 goes on to state that, " the skeleton was again interred under 

 a flat stone in front of, and on that side of the door of the 

 vestry facing the pulpit, and at the very spot where the 

 excavation was made." 



