It gives strange ideas, to think how convenient
to Dr. P------'s family this burial-ground is,--the monuments standing
almost within arm's reach of the side windows of the parlor,--and there
being a little gate from the back yard through which we step forth upon
those old graves aforesaid. And the tomb of the P. family is right in
front, and close to the gate. It is now filled, the last being the
refugee Tory, Colonel P------ and his wife. M. P------ has trained
flowers over this tomb, on account of her friendly relations with Colonel
P------.
It is not, I think, the most ancient families that have tombs,--their
ancestry for two or three generations having been reposited in the earth
before such a luxury as a tomb was thought of. Men who founded families,
and grew rich, a century or so ago, were probably the first.
There is a tomb of the Lyndes, with a slab of slate affixed to the brick
masonry on one side, and carved with a coat of arms.
July 10th.--A fishing excursion, last Saturday afternoon, eight or ten
miles out in the harbor. A fine wind out, which died away towards
evening, and finally became quite calm.
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