GOG 'AND MAGOG, names several times used in the Bible, and the names given to the famous figures of giants in Guildhall, London. Magog is spoken of by the writer of Genesis as a son of Japheth; Ezekiel speaks of Gog, prince of Magog; Gog and Magog are spoken of in the Revelation. Magog is considered by sortie the father of the Scythians and Tartars. The Persians have also been derived from Magog, and the Goths from Gog and Magog. The Caucasus is supposM by Bochart to derive its name from GogChasan fortress of Gog. Our Guildhall giants boast of almost as high an, antiquity as the Gog and Magog of the Scriptures, as they, or their living prototypes, are said to have been found In Britain by Brute, a younger son of Anthenor of 'Proy, who invaded Albion, and founded the city of London, at first called Troy-novant, 3,000 years ago. Albion, at this period, was inhabited by a race of-tremendous giants, the descendants of the thirty-three infamous daughters of the emperor Diocletian, who, having murdered all their husbands, were sent, to sea in a ship, and were happy enough to reach Albion, where, cohabiting with wicked demons, they gave birth to the giants, whom the Tro jans finally conquered, leading the last two survivors prisoners to London, where they were chained to the gates of a palace on the site of Guildhall, and there kept as porters. When they died, their effigies were set up in their place. This is Caxton's account; hut there is another, Which represents one of the giants as Gogrnagog, and the other as a British giant who killed him, named Corineus. However the fact may have been, the
two giants have been the pride of London from time immemorial, On London bridge, they welcomed Henry V. in 1415; they welcomed Henry VI. to London in 1432; and in 1554, Philip and Mary. In 1558 they stood by Temple Bar, when Elizabeth passed through the city gate. The old giants were burned in the great fire, and the new ones were constructed in 1708. They are 14 ft. high, and occupy suitable pedestals in Guild hall. The ancient effigies, which, were made of wicker-work and pasteboard, were car ried through the streets in the lord mayor's shows, and copies of the present giants were in the show of 1837. Formerly, other towns in England had their giants, and there are famous and some, very large ones in several continental cities. The Antigonus of Antwerp, is 40 ft. high, and was formerly carried in the most solemn religious as well as civic processions. Gayant, the giant of Douai, is 22 ft. high. There are also giants, and families of giants, at Lille, Malines, Brussels, etc., each connected with some popu lar tradition of their respective cities. The arms of Antwerp, a castle with several hands, are connected with the legend of the giant who lived in the castle, and cut off the hands of those who failed to pay his exactions. Though it is now impossible to ascertain the facts, there can be little doubt that all these civic giants are exaggerated representatives of real persons and events.