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Twenty Years Before the Mast.
and to the good character of those who sleep beneath the drifting sands of this dreary-looking spot. I have often wished that, if I were sick unto death, some kind
ISLAND OF SAN LORENZO — THE SAILORS' BURYING-GROUND.
friend or shipmate would see that I was laid in my last hammock in some peaceful vale like this. A few of the inscriptions are as follows:
In memory of William Pearce,
A sailor boy on board the U. S. brig Boxer,
Who died September the 25th, 1838,
Aged 16 years.
A mother’s eye will look, but look in vain,
For her loved son, returning from the main.
