one province not being long enough to produce him. On account of his
extreme length it is impossible to give any adequate idea of him in
one entertainment, consequently he will be continued in our next.

"He was the inventor, projector and discoverer of Niagara Falls,
Bunker's Hill Monument and the Balm of Columbia. In fact, everything
was originally discovered by him or some other of the Chinese. The
portrait of this person, who was a high dignitary among them, may be
often seen depicted on a blue china plate, standing upon a bridge,
which leans upon nothing, at either end, and intently observing two
birds which are behind him in the distance.

"John, wind up the Giant."

The Giant bows low, then wags his head three times and bows as before,
and after a dozen motions slowly stops.

"You will observe that I have spared no expense in procuring wonders
of every sort, and here is my crowning effort or masterpiece--"

II. THE TWO-HEADED GIRL

"A remarkable freak of nature, which impresses the beholder with silent
awe. Observe the two heads and one body. See these fair faces, each
one lovelier than the other. No one can gaze upon them without a double
sensation 'of sorrow and of joy'--sorrow that such beauty and grace
were ever united, and joy that he has had the pleasure of contemplating
their union.

"Wind them up, Peter."