as if he had seen a great many Giants before,
and this was by no means the biggest of them.
In fact, if the Giant had been no bigger than
the Pygmies, (who stood pricking up their ears,
and looking and listening to what was going
forward,) the stranger could not have been less
afraid of him.

"Who are you, I say?" roared Antaeus again.
""What's your name? Why do you come hith-
er? Speak, you vagabond, or I'll try the thick-
ness of your skull with my walking stick."

"You are a very discourteous Giant," an-
swered the stranger, quietly, "and I shall proba-
bly have to teach you a little civility, before we
part. - As for my name, it is Hercules. I have
come hither because this is my most convenient
road to the garden of the Hesperides, whither I
am going to get three of the golden apples for
King Eurystheus."

"Caitiff, you shall go no farther!" bellowed
Antaeus, putting on a grimmer look than be-
fore; for he had heard of the mighty Hercules,
and hated him because he v as said to be so
strong. "Neither shall you go back whence
you came!"

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