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more conclusive evidence in the same neigh- 

 bourhood, than on a late occasion, when the 

 day came round for the interment of the eldest 

 daughter of a nobleman, who had been sum- 

 moned hence at an age, when her virtues were 

 fast ripening, to the delight of her own family, 

 and respect of all who knew her. 



Long before the hour appointed for her 

 funeral, sv/arms of people were to be seen 

 descending the sides of the mountains, and 

 thronging the lanes and roads that led to the 

 town, within which the burial ground was 

 situated. 



It was an early spring day; the sun shone, 

 but only at intervals. What struck me, how- 

 ever, the most, was a marked absence of the 

 sights and sounds inseparable from the presence 

 of the sons of labour when engaged in their 

 usual avocations. The wagon and team were 

 absent from the roads, the whistle of the plough- 

 boy was wanting ; even the cattle, from being 

 left unmolested to depasture in the meadows, 



