Under the Southern cross in South America . •WE MUST WALK, OTHERS CAN RIDE. IN THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, BUENOS AIRES CAPITAL OF THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE 389 of the living and their affection for the dead. This particular Godsacre up to the present time is said to contain about 300,000 are some peculiar funeral customs. Eunerals are of first,second and third class, depending upon the rank, wealth and con-dition of the deceased. A iirst-class funeral is very elaborate. Thehearse, a heavy lumbering coach of black ebony, is ornately carvedand drawn by black horses. Footmen and coachmen
Under the Southern cross in South America . •WE MUST WALK, OTHERS CAN RIDE. IN THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, BUENOS AIRES CAPITAL OF THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE 389 of the living and their affection for the dead. This particular Godsacre up to the present time is said to contain about 300,000 are some peculiar funeral customs. Eunerals are of first,second and third class, depending upon the rank, wealth and con-dition of the deceased. A iirst-class funeral is very elaborate. Thehearse, a heavy lumbering coach of black ebony, is ornately carvedand drawn by black horses. Footmen and coachmen in somber blacklivery are provided for the occasion, and servants are posted at thedoor of the church to take the cards of those who attend and thosewho send regrets for their absence. The death-notices are widelyadvertised in the newspapers, so as to draw large crowds. Scores ofmourning coaches follow the hearse, the larger the number the morepleasing to the friends of the deceased, as the number of coaches islooked upon as proportional to the respect in which the famil
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