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We soon discovered that what looked like a 

 dark line in the distance, was in reality a funeral 

 train of considerable extent and varied character. 

 Some on horseback, some in carts, a few in car- 

 riages of a better description, and a large pro- 

 portion on foot, who evidently in the aggregate 

 must have amounted to some hundreds of 

 mourners of different degree, and age, and sex. 



Curious to see how they would cross the 

 river, we seated ourselves on a grassy knoll 

 not far off, and were soon satisfied that the 

 process would not be a difficult one. First 

 the horsemen, two abreast, crossed over, then 

 the smaller vehicles ; and last of all the 

 pedestrians were conveyed to the other side 

 in some wagons that accompanied the pro- 

 cession. Had not our eyes beheld hundreds 

 of human beings engaged in performing the 

 journey, the absence of all noise, and singular 

 silence that prevailed, would scarcely have 

 indicated anything of unusual occurrence. 



Many a costly funeral have I been requested 

 K 



