himself out at full length on the ground, where
he looked like the long ridge of a hill; and it
was a good hour's walk, no doubt, for a short-
legged Pygmy to journey from head to foot of
the Giant. He would lay down his great hand
flat on the grass, and challenge the tallest of
them to clamber upon it, and straddle from
finger to finger. So fearless were they, that
they made nothing of creeping in among the
folds of his garments. When his head lay
sidewise on the earth, they would march boldly
up, and peep into the great cavern of his mouth,
and take it all as a joke (as indeed it was
meant) when Antaeus gave a sudden snap with
his jaws, as if he were going to swallow fifty of
them at once. You would have laughed to see
the children dodging in and out among his hair,
or swinging from his beard. It is impossible
to tell half of the funny tricks that they played
with their huge comrade; but I do not know
that any thing was more curious than when
a party of boys were seen running races on his
forehead, to try which of them could get first
round the circle of his one great eye. It was
another favorite feat with them to march along

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