Show Two vo Giant Glante S a Swedish S giant who was ons 9 0 S feet high was wa on un e exhibition in London in ill 1742 old handbills still exist cist dst which h tot tet fn foith th tho the measurements of this freak frenk cf nature Thirty years later Inter we has havo Charles Byrne who was 8 feet 4 inches in in height in iu his stock stock- feet He HP however died y young ung at t the age ago of 22 from hard drinking Cotter another Irish giant followed a few years later luter He Ho was wasS S born at Kins Kimala I in ill 1701 1761 and at the age age- of 15 was 8 feet fret high This by the time than ho he was 23 had increased sed to 9 0 feet feel 4 in inches hes and aud then ho he changed his name namo to OBrien OBrian in order to mako people think that ho he was descended from King Brian and wen went t On n exhibition At that business he be of of course soon realized a a very comfortable fortune fortun and retired retired dying dying at Clifton on Sept 8 S 1804 His will especially provided that his bis body should be bo thrown into the sea in order to prevent the tho surgeons from I cutting it up London London Standard |