24 SAN JOSEF. 



the sun slione respleiulently between dense columns of 

 clouds. 



"At half-past seven o'clock the condemned men asked to be 

 allowed to eat a hearty meal, as they said persons about to bo 

 executed in Guinea were always indulged with a good repast. 

 It is remarkable that these unhappy creatures ate most 

 voraciously, even while they were being brought out of their 

 cell for execution. 



" A little before the mournful procession commenced the 

 condemned men were dressed from head to foot in wliite 

 habiliments trimmed with black ; their arms w^re bound 

 with cords. This is not usual in military executions, but was 

 deemed necessary on the present occasion. An attempt to 

 escape, on the part of the condemned, would have been pro- 

 ductive of much confusion, and was properly guarded against. 



" The condemned men displayed no unmanly fear. On the 

 contrary, they steadily kept step to the Dead March which the 

 1 mnd played ; yet the certainty of death tlu^ew a cadaverous 

 and ghastly hue over their black features, while their singular 

 and appropriate costume, and the three coffins being borne 

 before them, altogether rendered it a frightful picture : hence 

 it was not to be wondered at that two of the European 

 soldiers fainted. 



" The mutineers marched abreast. The tall form and horrid 

 looks of Daaga were almost appalling. The looks of Ogston 



