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FUNERAL CUSTOMS. 
surmounted by the square effigy of a human 
head, with a square kind of cap on the top of it. 
In other tombstones the human form was ren- 
dered even less divine, consisting of a rudely 
sculptured stone image, with a very flat nose, a 
very wide mouth, and very little oblique eyes, 
stuck upon a very long neck, stretched out as if the 
ghost of the defunct were striving to emerge from 
the long coarse grass of the burial ground. One 
monument, however, was of considerably higher 
pretension than the others, the broad headstone 
being inscribed with the name and position of the 
deceased in Chmese characters. The tomb was 
covered with a large square granite slab, and in 
front of the grave was what appeared to be the 
model of a little temple or mausoleum. 
Hamel, almost the only authority in matters 
concerning the inner or domestic life of the 
Koreans, says that “they enclose every corpse in 
two coffins two or three fingers thick, put one 
between the other to keep out the water, painting 
and adorning them according to their ability. Three 
