... THE DEATII BED. X BY DIES LACROIX. TmvT night Al. pelfosse died 'lhe most horrible of deathis. .vith his ,scull fractuTed,. and his ribs broken, he lay rnotionless upon hiiq bed, and insen- sible since his fall. Ele had been bled, bu't the cares of the surgeon bad produced no 'effect; his wounds were beyond the reach of hufian skill to cu Lr e. ' Turiaf Nvq Natchoig by his bed-side-MAadarn'ie ...

... PECULIARITIiES OF TIHE AZOREAN FUNERALS. Our opposite neighbour, an old man who died in the previous night, was buried yesterday morning. The priests chanted a part of the funeral service in his bed- room, which was lighted up with many candles; after which, and preparatory to burial, the body was borne to I the church in an open bier. This is the custom with the poor of these islands, who are ...