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to attend, with crowds of carriages, and much 

 pomp and parade lavished in honour of the 

 lifeless clay; but never before had I witnessed 

 so much silent respect, and outward decorum, 

 as on the occasion in question. Nor was the 

 departed, I believe, one much, if at all, above 

 his fellows around in wealth and station. 



But there is, I have observed, amongst the 

 Welsh, a simultaneous movement, when death 

 descends upon a household, which soon expands 

 from sympathy into a public exhibition of 

 respect and sorrow, even to their personal 

 attendance at the last solemn rites on the 

 brink of the grave. 



Was it possible that two spectators like our- 

 selves could look on, and not be impressed, 

 either at the sight of the solemn spectacle, or 

 with a more favourable leaning towards the 

 people who were engaged heart and hand in 

 such good Christian employment ? 



That the same kindly feeling is not confined 

 to any class of sufferers, never was there a 



