Show two giants Ca cajanus janns a swedish giant who was 9 feet high was on exhibition in london in 1742 and several old handbills hand bills still exist which set forth tho the measurements of this freak of nature thirty years brears later wo we have charles byrne who was 8 feet 4 inches in height beight in his feet he however died young at the age of 22 from hard drinking cotter 6 another irish giant followed a few years later he was born bora at kinsale hiwale in 1761 and at the ago age of 15 was 8 feet high this by the time be was waa 28 23 had increased to 9 feet 4 inches and then he be changed his name to obrian in order to make people think that he be was descended from king brian and went on echi exhibition at that business he be of course coarse soon realized a very comfortable fortune and retired dying at clifton on sept 8 1804 his will especially provided that his body should bo be thrown into the sea in order to prevent the surgeons from cutting it up lonan london standard |