`  :  Still, doesn't quite make sense due to bad grammar. I suppose it should go like this:  ``Then he transported the giant by rail to Cardiff in November 1868. He had then spent $2,600 on the hoax.``  rather than  ``Then he transported to giant by rail to Cardiff in November 1868. He had spent $2,600 for the hoax``  Furthermore, it's unclear how and why Nevell came to know of the giant. Was he an accomplice to Hull? Did Hull tell him where it was buried or did he find it by chance? What were his motives, and what was Hull's interest in the whole thing? Qui bono?  `