d state of excitement which increased and increased as the great day
drew near.

At last the longed-for time arrived. A ring was formed on the Hoe, the
giants all sitting on one side, and the Trojans on the other, and the
struggle began.

Oh, it was a fine sight to see two such men pitted against each other,
the giant, the finest of his race, and the splendid, stalwart soldier,
the enormous strength of the one faced by the skill and coolness of the
other, to see them grapple each other and struggle for the mastery as
never men had struggled before in hand-to-hand warfare. Such a sight had
never been seen in Cornwall until that day, nor ever will be again.
It lasted long, and for long the result was doubtful.

"Th' little un can't hold out much longer, mun," cried one of the giants.
"Cap'en's only playing with un yet." But just at that very moment
Corineus, who was playing a very clever game, dashed in unexpectedly,
caught the giant by the girdle, and grasping it like a vice, shook the
astonished and breathless monster with all his might and main. The giant,
bewildered and gasping, swayed backwards and forwards at his mercy, at
first slightly, then more and more, as he failed to regain his balance,
until, gathering all his strength for one last effort, Corineus gave him
one tremendous push backwards, and sent him clean over, so that he
measured his great length upon the ground, and the country for miles round
shook with the force of his fall.

Gogmagog gave one awful groan, which sounded like thunder all over the
land, making the giantesses, who were left at home, exclaim nervously,
"Oh dear, oh dear, there must be an earthquake somewhere! How very
unsettled the country is!"

Gogmagog was so stunned and breathless with his fall, that for some time
he could not collect his wits, or get up again, so he lay there moaning
and puffing until his hard breathing had lashed the sea into fury.
The other giants were too frightened to speak or move, for they were quite
certain there was magic being used against them, for strength alone could
never have overthrown their 'Cap'en' like that, certainly not the strength
of 'a little whipper-snapper like that there Corinoos.'

While, though, they were staring open-mouthed, and the giant, never
expecting another attack, lay there still puffing and blowing, and trying
to think how he could get off facing his opponent again, Corineus had been
gathering up all his power to finish h