Note 788 — Chapter III

Bancroft (v. 199) gives references to those writers who have discussed this question of giants. Bandelier’s references are more in detail (Arch. Tour, p. 201). Short (p. 233) borrows largely the list in Bancroft. The enumeration includes nearly all the old writers. Acosta finds confirmation in bones of incredible largeness, often found in his day, and then supposed to be human. Modern zoölogists say they were those of the Mastodon. Howarth, Mammoth and the Flood, 297.