nions he called Britons.

There were more giants in Cornwall than in any other part of the land.
One of them was called Goemagot; he was so strong that he could pull up
an oak-tree as if it were only a hazel-wand. Now there was a great
fight between the Britons and the Cornish giants, and all the giants
were killed but Goemagot. Then he and a famous Briton fought together,
and all men stood by to watch. At first it seemed that the giant would
win for he wounded the Briton sorely; but, wounded as he was, the
Briton heaved Goemagot up on his shoulders, ran with him to the shore,
and flung him headlong into the sea; and (so says the story) the rock
from which he fell is called "The Giant's Leap" unto {14} this day.
All this happened near the place where Plymouth now stands. What has
it to do with London? In the Guildhall, which is the Council Hall of
London, are many statues of great and famous men, and here are also two
great wooden giants called Gog and Magog; they are the City's giants.
Once they used to be carried in the Lord Mayor's Show and in
processions to make the people wonder. The older giant is said to be
Goemagot; the other, the Briton who hurled him headlong into the sea.

Long after Brute died, Belinus became King. Of all his wonderful
history I can tell you only this,--he placed a great building in
Trinovantum (that is, London,) upon the banks of the Thames, and the
citizens called it, after his name, Billingsgate. Over it he built a
huge tower, and under it a fair haven or quay for ships. "At last,
when he had finished his days, his body was burned, and the ashes put
up in a golden urn, which they placed with wonderful art on the top of
the tower" which he himself had built. Have you ever heard of
Billingsgate? It is the chief fish-market of London, and its wharf is
the oldest on the Thames, so old that no one knows when fish were first
landed and sold there.

Many years after Belinus built his great tower, Lud became King. He
"not only repaired this Cittie" (that is, Trinovantum,) "but also
increased the same with faire buildings, Towers and walles; and after
his own name called it Caire Lud, as Lud's towne." And about sixty-six
years before Christ was born he built a strong gate in the west part of
the city, and he named it, in his own honour, Ludgate; and when he {15}
died his body was buried by this gate. Turn back to the little map of
London on p. 11; there you will find Ludgate marked