I02 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [April, 



WEST FACE. 

 The friend and companion of William Maclure, whose surviving brother 

 erected this monument. 1846 — A.M. 



NORTH FACE. 

 Votary of Nature even from a child, 

 He sought her presence in the trackless wild ; 

 To him the shell, the insect, and the flower 

 Were bright and cherished emblems of her power. 

 In her he saw a spirit all divine, 

 And worshipped like a pilgrim at her shrine. 



The vault is of brick, arched, and entirely covered over with 

 earth and gra.ssy sward, its dimensions being about twelve by 

 fourteen feet, the length extending from north to south, and the 

 monument standing at the north end. The elevation of the 

 mound is about three ieet, while the excavation below ground is 

 about six feet. Along the two sides and north end of this crypt, 

 on the inside, there extend two platforms or terraces of solid 

 brickwork, and on those on the east and west sides are deposited 

 the remains of Alexander Maclure, Anna Maclure, and Margaret 

 Maclure, brother and sisters of William Maclure, while on one of 

 those on the north end, and nearest to the monument, are slowly 

 mouldering away the mortal remains of Thomas Say, they having 

 been disinterred and brought from their original resting-place in 

 the cemetery by Mr. Maclure, at present represented by the 

 bones only, all else being in a state of complete decay. Until 

 within a year the vault contained also the remains of Mr. David 

 Dale Owen, but these have recently been removed and interred 

 in a cemetery near New Harmony. Very few persons have ever 

 had an opportunity of viewing the inside of this crypt, and for a 

 description, as well as a number of other points of information in 

 this series of sketches, I am indebted to my esteemed friend, Mr. 

 John B. Elliott, of New Harmony. 



The writer will never forget a most impressive and beautiful 

 view of the. tomb and monument witnessed by him on a bright 

 frosty morning in late November several years ago. As the 

 guest of Colonel and Mrs Owen, he was assigned a room looking 

 oiit upon the grounds included in the accompanying engraving. 

 The night had been clear and frosty, the crystals forming thickly 

 over every exposed object and increasing the dimensions of the 



