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VOYAGE, &c. 
CHAP, officers. As the coffin was lowering into the ground, the good under- 
standing that existed between the ship’s company and the inhabitants 
was testified in the most gratifying manner, by the latter approaching 
and performing the last office for the deceased, by dropping the earth 
in upon his coffin. I cannot recollect ever having met with such con- 
duct in any other foreign port, and the act, most certainly, did not lessen 
our regard for the inhabitants. 
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