fonpire\, ixi Eri gland, pv -m the Biftioprick of iJege m 
Flaf^ders, we -may properly ■ erto'dgh ^:e^^ thefe in 
cornparifon with thofe a fort of Qigantick Horfe. 
And we may give another* more Domeftick Inftanc^e 
as remarkable in its kfnd-^ that. is,a fort of Dog peculiar 
to this Country, the Irijh VMlf-dogy aptly called by 
Mr Kajf^ Canis Grains maxinms riibcrntCHS, in his Sjnof- 
[is Ammdium^ being of the Qny-hound kind, and of 
fo beautiful and large a make, that for its curious 
form, as well as goodly fize, it far furpaffes all other 
Dogs of the Creation 5 and if compared to a tommon 
Grej-h^nd, (hews itfdf truly of a Gigantick breed : 
and we may further add concerning it, as the Giants 
Stock of old is extind, atleaft in thefe Countreys, fo 
this Gigantick Dog is now fo rare, that in a few gene- 
rations-more, I doubt not but twill be quite loft ia 
thefe parts, iand the fpeeies perifh for ought I know 
off the face of the earth. 
But thefe Remarks will fteW m littfe ftead 5 nay, are 
no way^ inftru€tire or ufefol to our prefent purpofe, 
unlefs we*fitid tfiatNature alfo fakes tlie fame uncertain 
meafures in the generation 6f Mankind ^ that ftie does 
fo, I think is not lefs apparent. 
Here I need not inquire whether there has been 
fuch people, fo much talk'd by antiquity as the Fig- 
meys 5 for tho this were a Fable, yet 'tis certainly 
grounded, as moft of thefe Indentions, on fomething 
that was true in Nature. For 'tis agreed of all hands, 
the Laplanders are a Nation remarkable for their 
low ftature, and 'tis fure there are, and have been 
in all Ages and Countreys thofe w;e call Dwarfs, 
and fome of them of a moft e^^trlordinary fmall fize of 
Body, particularly the Duke df Cretjfu^s famous Dwarf, 
of whom Aldrovandus has given us the Pidureand De- 
fcription, which fliew his Part^ and Limbs were all 
fafliioned compleat and proportionable, yet his whole 
heightfa 
