Across palm of hand, seven inches.

Length of second finger from knuckle joint, eight inches.

Across wrist, five inches.
Distance around thighs, (about half way between knee and thigh
joints,) five feet, seven and one-half inches.

Leg, from hip joint to knee joint, three feet; through thigh, one
foot; through calf, nine and one-half inches.

Foot, nineteen and one-half inches.

The discovery, as may be supposed, created an immense sensation.
Mr. Newell was much perplexed and annoyed and determined at one
time to fill up the excavation and keep the discovery from the
knowledge of the public. Some years ago a razor was found in a
hollow stump near by and suspicions were then thrown out that a
murder had been committed. The family feared that the corpse of
the murdered man would in some manner confront them through this
discovery.

A rush occurred of neighbors and others to see the exhumed wonder,
for intelligence of the Giant spread on the wings of the wind. The
excitement and ceaseless questions still farther confused the mind
of the quiet proprietor and he almost unconsciously consented to
various suggestions. One was that the body be raised that day
(Saturday,)--consent for which Mr. Newell acknowledges to have
given. Ropes were procured and preparations made therefor, but