MOUENING FOR HIS HAIB. 127 



The margin of the sheet is painted black, about three-fourths 

 of an inch deep all around, as if in deep mourning for the loss 

 which he had reluctantly submitted to in order to please his 

 friends. He consented, sadly, because he expected soon to leave 

 for London, and Captain Hall persuaded him that it would be 

 letter for him to wear it according to the prevailing English 

 fashion ! 



