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MORE CKUISING AFTER PIRATES. 



and tomb-like, I cleared away the rough grass, and 

 almost the first thing I saw were two words, " Francis 

 Xavier !" Scraping off some more rubbish, the whole 

 inscription came out quite clear. Here, then, was the 

 spot where this great man died. A more out-of-the- 

 way, God-forsaken sort of place to end one's days on 

 could .scarcely be found. I asked some Chinese of the 

 half-dozen wretched huts which clustered together a 

 short distance from the spot what they knew about it. 

 "Oh," they said, "one big priest makie die there, 

 a long time since. He come from another country ; 

 not Chinaman, but very good man." 



SAVIEE'S TOMB. 



