GIANTS AND PIGMIES. 



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warfare hurled rocks of vast magnitude ; some of these fell 

 into the sea and became islands ; others falling on the land 

 became huge mountains. They attempted to scale the heaven 

 by piling Mount Ossa on Mount Pelion. The gods were 

 frightened. Some of them fled to Egypt and assumed the 

 shapes of animals. Jupiter, by the advice of Minerva, sum- 

 moned Hercules to his aid. He then hurled at them his 

 thunderbolts. Hercules rendered effective assistance with his 

 club. The giants were defeated. Some were crushed under 

 mountains, others were buried in the sea. 



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TANGIER GIANT. '^^ 



la Tangier toun aa I've been tanld, 

 There lived intil the time of auld, 

 A giant stout and big, 

 The stateliest and the dourest carl, 

 That e'er on this side of the warl, 

 Hm wallop'd bane or leg. 





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His horse was a mammoth. On this he careered up and 

 down the earth. Riding toward the North Pole he stuck fast 

 in the Arctic ice, and so ended his career. 



MORAU 



From this dour giant yoH may see. 



How little michty limb and thie, ; V 



The human race bestead. 



A wee bit man wi' muckle sense, 



Is better than a carl immense, : v 



Wi' nonsense in his head. 



«, \ By Wm. Tennant, (late) 



St. Mary's College, St. Andrews, ( Prof, of Oriental Languages, 



Scotland, 1835. T author of " Anster Fair," and 



7 other Poems. 



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FICTION. 



61, To find the proper Pigmy we must again have recourse 

 to Greek mythology. This tells us of their existence, their 

 country, their habits, occupations, and disasters. We are 

 informed by some that the Pygmaioi were a nation of dwarfs 

 in the extreme parts of India. Others affirm that they lived 



