subject, and I would fain flatter myself, such necessary advice as they impart on so very important a subject, will cause in future in every family, a more than usual care and examination of their friends in the hour of death, and prior to interment. Were we but to bear in our minds the following animated lines from a celebrated poet, our attention to dying friends would be unremitting. “Spirits fly swift (our friend’s) perhaps is gone A thousand leagues beyond the sun, Or twice ten thousand more twice told, Ere the forsaken clay is cold. “And yet, who knows; the friends we lov’d, They may not be so far remov’d; Only the veil of flesh between, May oft glide by us, tho’ unseen. “While we (their loss lamenting) say, They’re out of hearing, far away; Guardians to us, perhaps they’re near Conceal’d in vehicles of air.” The danger which has arisen from burying in churches, and confined church yards, is so clearly proved by several remarkable instances in the present volume, that I shall say little more on the subject, but refer my readers to those important truths for information. Where it is absolutely necessary, a great number of dead bodies must be deposited in one small piece of ground, I would recommend a plan to be observed, something similar to the following, which I am of opinion, would prevent great confusion and danger, when a new grave is about to be opened. Let burying grounds in future, be divided into regular sections, of sufficient length and breadth, to admit of the largest human body, male or female. Over each of these divisions, regularly and distinctly mark in numerals from 1 to 100, more or less, according to the size of the ground. Then let the parish clerk, sexton, or some other proper person, keep an alphabetical ruled form, whereon must be regularly entered the day of the month, and year the person died in, christian and sir name of the deceased, parish where they resided, and a space annexed for the number and side of the wall, under which the defunct was buried, in like manner. REGISTER OF FUNERALS. ------------+----------------+-----------------+------+------------- Name of the | | Of what Parish | | Under what Deceased. | Time of Death. | belonging. | No. | wall buried. ------------+----------------+-----------------+------+------------- Addison, }| 1816. | St. Leonard’s } | | Richard. }| January 1. | Shoreditch. } | 1. | South wall. Barckley,} | | St. Vedast, } | | Thomas. } | February 18. | Foster Lane. } | 12. | North wall. ------------+----------------+-----------------+------+-------------