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I have perused a writing, entitled Gigan " Here my uncle's unfortunate infirmity met him that of being unable in public to pronounce hard words. "The pamphlet entitled Gigan " He could get no further. "Giganteo " It was not to be done. The unlucky word would not come out. At the Johannæum there would have been a laugh.
I have had in my hands the writing called Gigans " Here my uncle was afflicted by the natural infirmity which prevented him from pronouncing difficult words in public. It was not exactly stuttering, but a strange sort of constitutional hesitation. "The writing named Gigans " he repeated. He, however, could get no further. "Giganteo " Impossible! The unfortunate word would not come out.
I waited accordingly, and in about an hour the boy returned with the Negro; and we continued travelling over a sandy country, covered chiefly with the Asclepias giganteo, until mid-day, when we came to a number of deserted huts; and seeing some appearances of water at a distance, I sent the boy to fill a soofroo; but as he was examining the place for water, the roaring of a lion, that was probably on the same pursuit, induced the frightened boy to return in haste; and we submitted patiently to the disappointment.
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