. Recollections of an ill-fated expedition to the headwaters of the Madeira River in Brazil . absolute dissolution. Hehas made mistakes perhaps, but no mortal is infallibleand he has been tried continually to the extreme limitof human endurance. Mr. Creightons diary, under date of September7th, contains this statement: ^^At 9 saw savageson the path leading to old headquarters. Had to goback by the new headquarters and get home that way. ^That this was no false alarm is abundantly proved bylater occurrences in the same locality. Mr. Hepburn took with him on the return trip toPara seven eng
. Recollections of an ill-fated expedition to the headwaters of the Madeira River in Brazil . absolute dissolution. Hehas made mistakes perhaps, but no mortal is infallibleand he has been tried continually to the extreme limitof human endurance. Mr. Creightons diary, under date of September7th, contains this statement: ^^At 9 saw savageson the path leading to old headquarters. Had to goback by the new headquarters and get home that way. ^That this was no false alarm is abundantly proved bylater occurrences in the same locality. Mr. Hepburn took with him on the return trip toPara seven engineers and a dozen or more September 8th, at , Patrick Gorman, un-expectedly died on one of the lighters. In that climatea corpse could not be kept above ground more than avery few hours and arrangements were at once madeto have the funeral take place that afternoon. was anxious that the obsequies should beconducted with all due formality, but there was noclergyman on board and no one so preeminent forpiety, as to make the choice of a proper person to read. GEORGE W. CREIGHTON President of the Madeira and Maniore Associatio/i AN ILL-FATED EXPEDITION 391 the burial service an easy matter. After consultationwith one or two others, a gentleman, whom we shalldesignate as Mr. Blank, was chosen to officiate, becauseof his generally circumspect behavior and the re-straint he usually placed on his tongue under tryingcircumstances, which caused others to express theirthoughts in Language plain and terse,But much unlike a Bible verse. With some hesitation Mr. Blank agreed to act, butonly on condition that Mr. Hepburn would stand byand, at the words Dust to dust and ashes to ashes,throw a handful of earth on the coffin. It was 5 the sun near the horizon, when the mournful pro-cession reached a point on shore, where a grave hadalready been dug. At that hour the piums and mos-quitoes are terrible, and, all the time Mr. Blank wasreading the service, hi
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