DEATH OF FBANK POCOCK. 
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the lost man’s inestimable qualities, his extraordinary 
gentleness, his patient temper, his industry, cheerfulness, 
and his tender friendship ; it dwelt upon the pleasure 
of his society, his general usefulness, his piety, and 
cheerful trust in our success with which he had renewed 
our hope and courage ; and each new virtue that it 
remembered only served to intensify my sorrow for his 
IN MEMORIAM. 
loss, and to suffuse my heart with pity and regret, that 
after the exhibition of so many admirable qualities and 
such long faithful service he should depart this life so 
abruptly, and without reward. 
When curtained about by anxieties, and the gloom 
created by the almost insurmountable obstacles we en- 
countered, his voice had ever made music in my soul. 
