Excerpt from A Visit to the South Seas, in the U. States Ship Vincennes, During the Years 1829 and 1830, Vol. 2 of 2: Including Notices of Brazil, Peru, Manilla, the Cape of Good Hope, and St. Helena Mr. Wilson remained to dinner with the captain, and then landed to secure permission from the proper authorities, for the interment Of a lad who had died On board, the night previous, Of a consumption. Some Objection was at first made by the natives, lest the disease, with which he had died, might have been contagious; but when assured, that this was not the case, a grave was prepared in the burial ground of the chapel. And at sunset, with slow procession and an admonitory service, we deposited the body - there to rest till time shall be no longer. I remained at Mr. Wilson's to tea, in company with the captain and surgeon and passed most of the evening at his cottage, in agreeable conversation. It was nine O'clock before 'we returned to the ship; the row Off was delightful - a fine moon throwing a double charm, by its brightness, over the loveliness of the scenery around. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.