The American Goliah by Anonymous
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arrived the foot was partially uncovered, with the exclamation,
"I declare, some old Indian has been buried here!" Farther excavation disclosed the entire foot, and a part of the leg. One of the workmen, seeing the direction in which the body lay, dug down just above where he thought the head might be, and his shovel struck the nose. The face and head were soon uncovered, and in a short time the entire figure exposed to view. There then appeared to the few assembled spectators the colossal, well-proportioned form of a human being of the following remarkable DIMENSIONS. From top of head to instep of sole, ten feet three inches. If standing in a perfectly upright position, the height would be ten feet, seven or eight inches. Length of head from chin to top of head, twenty-one inches. Nose, from brow to tip, six inches--across base of nostrils, three and one-half inches. Mouth four inches. Shoulders from point to point, three feet. Circumference of neck thirty-seven inches. Length of right arm from point of shoulder to end of middle finger, four feet, nine and one-half inches. |
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