Excerpt from Manometiana, Vol. 4 The burial ground above-mentioned is un doubtedly the second oldest cemetery (for white people) on Plymouth soil. There is no way, however, by which the date of the first interment can be ascertained. The oldest epitaph bears the date of 1717. But judging by the fact that Manomet or South Plymouth was settled in 1639, only 19-years after the landing of the Pilgrims, we can be sure that this venerable cemetery was in use long before 1717, perhaps not many years after 1639. The cemetery has an enviable situation on the crest of a hill. Which is literally covered with shapely cedars reminding one of the cedar crowned hills of Lebanon. It is in full view of Massachusetts Bay, which must have been a part of the route of that famous craft, the Mayflower, bringing in her precious cargo of humanity. There one can listen to the incessant music of the majestic ocean, the lap-lapping of the waves in calm weather, and the roaring of the billows in the times of storm. There the zephyr has its headquarters and the Boreas its rendezvous. No other spot on Plymouth soil is better fitted to be God's acre than this piece of ground hal lowed by the memories oi the past. Some of the epitaphs are highly interesting specimens of the art of sepulchral inscription of years gone by. With all their orthographical, grammatical and accidental errors, with their crude engravings of lachrymatories or tear bottles, with their skulls, and crossbones, and weeping-willows, and finally with their ungainly chirography, they present to the eye as attractive a collection as any archeologist would desire to behold. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.