After  being  properly  necklaced,  according  to  cus-
tom, with  great  garlands  made  of  yellow  flowers,  and
provided  with  betel-nut  to  chew,  this  pleasant  visit
dosed,  and  we  passed  thence  to  a  scene  of  a  different
sort:  from  this  glow  of  color  and  this  sunny  life  to
those  grim  receptacles  df  the  Parsee  dead,  the  Tow-
ers of  Silence.  There  is  something  stately  about
that  name,  and  an  impressiveness  which  sinks  deep;
the  hush  of  death  is  in  it.  We  have  the  Grave,  the
Tomb,  the  Mausoleimi,  God's  Acre,  the  Cemetery;

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and  association  has  made  them  eloquent  with
solemn  meaning;  but  we  have  no  name  that  is  so
majestic  as  that  one,  or  lingers  upon  the  ear  with
sudi  deep  and  hatmting  pathos.
