His height was seven feet two inches and a half: his head, and the upper parts of his body, were monstrous3.[Pg 302] His arms were of such length as to touch his knees, when he stood erect4. His whole weight was 360 pounds. At this period he was twenty-four years old. The annexed5 sketch6 gives a good idea of his appearance.
We are furnished with an account of a giant of New Grenada, an Indian, named Pedro Cano, who was seven feet five and a half inches high. His shoe was half a yard in length!

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