Footnote 29: _Numerum animalculorum ex unius asselli majoris lactibus provenientium, plus decies superare homines in universo terrarum orbe viventes._—_Epistola ad Dom. N. Grew_, p. 1. _N. B._ It is the infinite Number of these little invisible Animals that makes stagnating Waters or Pools appear of so many different Colours, as green, reddish, brown,—according to the several Natures of these little Animals that live therein. Thus, among Men, we find big and little; _Giants_ and _Pygmies_: Whether that Disproportion be from meer natural Causes, or by Designation of Providence, I determine not. It is very questionable whether there be a particular Nation of _Pygmies_; but no doubt is made about the Existence of _Dwarfs_ in many Places as well as Giants. _Julia_, the Niece of _Augustus_, had a Dwarf called _Canopas_, that was about two feet in height. _Philippa French_, born at _Milcomb_ in _Staffordshire_, aged about 36, being then married, wanted something of three Feet in height[30]. Footnote 30: Dr. _Plot_’s Natural History.—_Oxford_ 16. On the other hand, we are not without Instances of Men, that were of a _gigantick Stature_, after, as well as before the Deluge, as _Goliah_ and the Sons of _Anak_. In the Days of _Claudius_ the Emperor, _Pliny_ tells us, that one called _Gabara_, brought out of _Arabia_, was nine Feet and nine Inches high: He tells us also, of two others in the days of _Augustus Cæsar_, _Iducio_ and _Secundilla_, that were half a Foot taller than _Gabara_[31]. _Maximinus_ the Emperor, was eight Foot and a half in height. But to come near home: Footnote 31: _Nat. Hist._ B. vii. cap. 16. _WILLIAM EVANS_ born in _Monmouthshire_, and Porter to King _Charles_ I. was two Yards and a half high. _Walter Parsons_, Porter to King _James_ I. was about the same height. “Some say, _William Evans_ exceeded _Walter Parsons_ two Inches in height, but was far beneath him in proportion of Body. Tho’ he halted a little, and going out squalling with his Feet, yet made a shift to dance in an _Antimasque_ at Court, where he drew _Little Jeffrey_, the _Dwarf_, out of his _Pocket_, first to the Wonder, then to the Laughter of the Spectators[32].” Footnote 32: Fuller’_s Worthies of_ Engl. Monmouthshire, _p._ 54. ---------------------------------------------------------------- SECTION VI. The Apparatus in Serpents for their Motion is admirable. How curious the Structure of their Muscles, and their Junction to every Point, whereby they are prepared for their different Motions, and enabled to move according to their different Nature and Situation! In those that go upon their Bellies, the Movement is very singular, which is in a Form curvilineal, different winding of their Bodies. The Serpentine Line, among Mathematicians, is borrowed from the Foldings of a Serpent in its Motion.