Show two giants cajanus Ca a swedish giant who was ft feet high was on exhibition in london in in 1742 and several old handbills hand bills still exist which set forth tho the measurements of this freak of nature thirty years later we have charles byrne who was 8 feet 4 inches in height in his hia feet ile Hs bo however wever died young at tho the age of 22 from hard bard drinking cotter GB another irish giant followed a few years later he was born bom at kinsale in 1761 and at tho the age aga of 15 was 8 feet high this by the time tima he was 23 had increased to 9 feet 4 inches and then he be changed his namo name to obrian in order to make people think that ho was descended from king brian and went 0 on n exhibition at that thao business busi nesa he be of course soon realized a very comfortable fortune and retired dying at clifton on sept 8 1804 his will especially provided that his body should be thrown into the sea in order to prevent the surgeons from froba cutting it up london standard |