and in thicknefs not above 1 of an Inch ^ Now arguing 
liat this J^one bears that proportion to his ftature, which 
the fame in other Men does to theirs, it mnft follow 
^^hat he was more them twice as tali as mca tiluailyarei 
and according to the moft moderate computation, fup- 
pofingthe height of a Man to be no store then five foot 
Indi^, he to whom this boa& belonged, muftiiaTc 
fceen at leait mone ch^^n i i or 12 foot high, a prodigious 
iheight for a Man, a nd fach as fome wiii fcarce allow ever 
to have been, Sedex FrmU Her cute m, &'C\ 
, Part ef another Letter relating to the fame fiihjeM» As to 
■■dae'Qnsere-conQerniiig the bone,! cannot fatisfy yoni^ere 
'^her^any Acconntto have been got of it, I had certainly* 
€ent ityoia before.: it ha-s been kept here thefe feverall 
ycarsi and the prefent Profeflbr of Aaatomy Dr, Dr^lhir- 
murt once told me,hs found it amoag the relt of the 
^bones and Skeletons, whenhe firft came into thatplace^ 
but never couid learn who gave it, where t'was found, or 
whence it came. That there are fome whofe heads are 
very largein proportion to their Body, cannot be deny« 
-cd, yet generally fuch Skulls want in thickaels fas this 
docs not,) are ill ifhaped, and not proportionable 5 and 
moreover I'm perfwaded there never yet was an Inftance 
of any head, which by a pr^ternaturall growth, came the 
ieaft nigh this for bulk 5 and a^ I conceive^ 'tis far more 
probable^ and cafier to allow , that a Body bore this 
liead which was proportionable to it, then that it belong- 
ed to a Ma n of ordinary itature j who i n this pa rticHlar, 
would certainly have been in one fexice^ the greateft 
Monfter the World ever law. 
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