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chap, to with eerfulness, if not with pleasure ; anti 
vni. . , , . . . . 
' be assured, the subject ot it is to me more 
grateful than any other. I am well aware that 
I have but a short time to live ; my mode of 
life has rendered it impossible that I should 
recover from this fever. If I had lived as you 
do, eating heartily of animal food, and drinking 
wine, I might, perhaps, by altering my diet, be 
able to subdue it. But how can such an invalid 
as I am lower his diet ? I have been accustomed, 
for years, to exist upon vegetables and water; 
a little bread, and a little tea. I have no method 
of lowering my nourishment, and consequently 
I must die. It is such jolly fellows as you, 
Priestman, who get over these fevers !” Then, 
turning the subject, he spoke of his funeral; 
and cheerfully gave directions concerning the 
manner of his burial. “ There is a spot,” said 
he, “ near the village of Dauphigny : this would 
suit me nicely : you know it well, for I have 
often said that I should like to be buried there ; 
and let me beg of you, as you value your old 
friend, not to suffer any pomp to be used at my 
funeral ; nor any monument, nor monumental 
inscription whatsoever, to mark where I am 
laid : but lay me quietly in the earth, place a 
sun-dial over my grave, and let me be forgotten.” 
Having given these directions, he was very 
earnest in soliciting that Admiral Priestman 
