he was so very tall that he carried a pine tree,
which was eight feet through the but, for a walk
ing stick. It took a far-sighted Pygmy, I can
assure you, to discern his summit without the
help of a telescope; and sometimes, in misty
weather, they could not see his upper half, bat
only his long legs, which seemed to be striding
about by themselves. But at noonday, in a
clear atmosphere, when the sun shone brightly
over him, the Giant Antaeus presented a very
grand spectacle. There he used to stand, a per-
fect mountain of a man, with his great counte-
nance smiling down upon his little brothers, and
his one vast eye (which was as big as a cart
wheel, and placed right in the centre of his fore-
head) giving a friendly wink to the whole nation
at once.

The Pygmies loved to talk with Antaeus; and
fifty times a day, one or another of them would
turn up his head, and shout through the hollow
of his fists, "Halloo, brother Antaeus! How
are you, my good fellow!' And when the
small, distant squeak of their voices reached his
ear, the Giant would make answer, "Pretty
well brother Pygmy, I thank you," in a thun

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