THE HUMAN SPECIES. 139 



THE DWARFS. 



THE races below a middle stature, frequently sinking 

 to the form of Dwarfs, though seldom noticed but in 



Nephilim, Rephaim, Zuzim, Gibborim, Enakim, Zamzumim 

 some being distinguished by a malformation, having six 

 fingers and six toes on the hands and feet ; of which there 

 is a counterpart in the legends of India. Of the stature 

 individuals may have attained, are the examples of Teuto- 

 bochus, king of the Cymbers, whose head overtopped the 

 spears, bearing trophies, in the triumph of Marius. The 

 emperor Maximinus exceeded eight feet; Gabarus, an 

 Arabian, in the time of Claudius, was nine feet nine inches 

 high ; he was shown at Rome. In the reign of Augustus, 

 Pusio and Secondilla were ten feet three inches in height ; 

 their bodies were preserved and shown in the Sallustian 

 Gardens. The Emperor Andronicus was ten feet high, 

 according to Nicetas. Herodes Hercules was eight feet. 

 Porus, six feet nine inches. Charlemagne, .seven feet. 

 George Castriot, or Skanderbeg, and George Freunsberg, 

 nearly eight feet. Without, therefore., vouching for the 

 exact measurements here given, we have still sufficient 

 evidence to show, that even in recent times, men of high 

 stature, and of immense strength, have been historically 

 conspicuous. The last trace, in Great Britain, of the Giant 

 character, may be perceived in the Broinech of the Hebri- 

 des, where they were called Gruagaichs, Gruage feachd; 

 a hairy bandit ; concealed in the glens, and coming forth at 

 night to plunder. During the operation of the Berlin and 

 Milan decrees, we have personally known, in London, a 

 Moor, usually named Gibraltar, captain of a neutral mer- 

 chant ship, who was visible, at a great distance, in the 

 Strand, head, breast, and shoulders, above the hats of the 

 passing crowd ; for he measured six feet seven inches and a 

 quarter ; and was, in all respects, of the finest proportions, 

 and of very considerable acquirements in languages, &c. , 



