There then appeared
to the few assembled spectators the colossal, well-proportioned
form of a human being of the following remarkable
DIMENSIONS.
From top of head to instep of sole, ten feet three inches. If
standing in a perfectly upright position, the height would be ten
feet, seven or eight inches.
Length of head from chin to top of head, twenty-one inches.
Nose, from brow to tip, six inches--across base of nostrils, three
and one-half inches.
Mouth four inches.
Shoulders from point to point, three feet.
Circumference of neck thirty-seven inches.
Length of right arm from point of shoulder to end of middle finger,
four feet, nine and one-half inches.
Across palm of hand, seven inches.
Length of second finger from knuckle joint, eight inches.
Across wrist, five inches.
Distance around thighs, (about half way between knee and thigh
joints,) five feet, seven and one-half inches.
Leg, from hip joint to knee joint, three feet; through thigh, one
foot; through calf, nine and one-half inches.
Foot, nineteen and one-half inches.
The discovery, as may be supposed, created an immense sensation.
Mr. Newell was much perplexed and annoyed and determined at one
time to fill up the excavation and keep the discovery from the
knowledge of the public. Some years ago a razor was found in a
hollow stump near by and suspicions were then thrown out that a
murder had been committed. The family feared that the corpse of
the murdered man would in some manner confront them through this
discovery.
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