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Bishop of Beverley at the head, the blessing of the grave 

 took place, and the ceremony terminated with the canticle 

 ' Benedictus ; ' during which a linnet in one of the oaks 

 overhead joined its song to the chanting of the clergy. 

 And here, ' buried in silence, broken only by the cry of 

 the heron, and in a solitude almost as deep as that in 

 which he had lived so long in the swamps of the Orinoco 

 and the forests of the Amazon/ rest the remains of Charles 

 Waterton. 



" Eighty- three being his age, that number of aged 

 persons had been invited to attend at the funeral, and had 

 a dole, each a loaf of bread and sixpence, distributed to 

 them at the park gate." 



The very appropriate spot which received his remains 

 had been long fixed upon by him, but it was not until a 

 year before his death that he caused to be erected the 

 plain stone cross the base of which bears the inscription 

 written by himself. 



ORATE PRO ANIMA 



CAROLI WATERTOK 



CUJUS FESSA 



JUXTA HANG CRUCEM 



SEPELIUNTUR OSSA. 



Natus 1782. Ob'iit 1865. 



The actual day of his birth was not known until June 

 3, 1864, when he asked the Misses Edmonstone to come 

 and see a new cross which he had put up between two 

 magnificent oaks near the head of the lake. There are 

 many crosses in different parts of the park. The most con- 

 spicuous one is on the top of the Ivy Tower, and another 

 is on the wall of the Grotto, both of which are shown in 

 illustrations on pages 43, 66, 68. Another is upon a 



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