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The hair and beard of some were black, others sandy, and still others yellow. THE HAIR AND BEARD OF SOME WERE BLACK OTHERS SANDY AND STILL OTHERS YELLOW
ell go willingly as be taken by force," said my father, smiling, "for they are certainly able to capture us." Thereupon he made known, by signs, that we were ready to accompany them. Within a few minutes we were on board the ship, and half an hour later our little fishing-craft had been lifted bodily out of the water by a strange sort of hook and tackle, and set on board as a curiosity. There were several hundred people on board this, to us, mammoth ship, which we discovered was called "The Naz," meaning, as we afterward learned, "Pleasure," or to give a more proper interpretation, "Pleasure Excursion" ship. If my father and I were curiously observed by the ship's occupants, this strange race of giants offered us an equal amount of wonderment. There was not a single man aboard who would not have measured fully twelve feet in height. They all wore full beards, not particularly long, but seemingly short-cropped. They had mild and beautiful faces, exceedingly fair, with ruddy complexions. LOOK AT THEIR GREAT SIZE WE MAY AS WELL GO WILLINGLY AS BE TAKEN BY FORCE SAID MY FATHER SMILING BUT THEY ARE CERTAINLY ABLE TO CAPTURE US THEREUPON HE MADE KNOWN BY SIGNS THAT WE WERE READY TO ACCOMPANY THEM WITHIN A FEW MINUTES WE WERE ON BOARD THE SHIP AND HALF AN HOUR LATER OUR LITTLE FISHING CRAFT HAD BEEN LIFTED BODILY OUT OF THE WATER BY A STRANGE SORT OF HOOK AND TACKLE AND SET ON BOARD AS A CURIOSITY THERE WERE SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE ON BOARD THIS TO US MADMOUTH'S SHIP WHICH WE DISCOVERED WAS CALLED AN ASS MEANING AS WE AFTERWARD LEARNED PLEASURE OR TO GIVE A MORE PROPER INTERPRETATION PLEASURE EXCURSIONSHIP IF MY FATHER AND I WERE CURIOUSLY OBSERVED BY THE SHIP'S OCCUPANTS THIS STRANGE RACE OF GIANTS OFFERED US AN EQUAL AMOUNT OF WONDERMENT THERE WAS NOT A SINGLE MAN ABOARD WHO WOULD NOT HAVE MEASURED FULLY TWELVE FEET IN HEIGHT THEY ALL WORE FULL BEARDS NOT PARTICULARLY LONG BUT SEEMINGLY SHORT CROPPED THEY HAD MILD AND BEAUTIFUL FACES EXCEEDINGLY FAIR WITH RUDDY COMPLEXIONS
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