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MR. HEUSKIN’S TOMB. 
Chap. XII. 
during that long period, I have on every other 
occasion received the greatest and most disinter- 
ested kindness from every officer in Her Majesty’s 
service with whom I have come in contact. I 
sincerely regret that I have had to mention one 
exception, which is perhaps not worth the promi- 
nence I have given to it in these pages. Let me 
turn, then, to a more agreeable subject. 
On the morning after my visit to Sumae-yah 
and Dang-o-zaka the different nurserymen pre- 
sented themselves at the American Legation, with 
the plants I had purchased. Notwithstanding the 
shortness of the time I had been allowed to stay, 
the collection thus brought together was one of 
great interest, and mostly new to science. Orders 
were now given to .prepare baskets to pack them 
m for conveyance to Kanagawa ; and while these 
were being got ready, Mr. Harris invited me to 
accompany him in a ride into the country. 
On our way we paid a visit to the grave of 
poor Mr. Heuskin, formerly interpreter to the 
American Legation, who had been waylaid and 
murdered by some Japanese a' few months before. 
The tomb is placed in a quiet and beautiful spot 
on the hill-side amongst some lofty trees. A neat 
and substantial monument, with a simple inscrip- 
tion, has been placed on the grave bv Mr. Harris, 
and a hedge, of evergreen oak and camellias has 
been planted around it by his orders. 
Leaving poor Heuskin’s grave, we’ rode on in a 
westerly direction for about two hours, taking 
