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At the Cove, we explored the Cemetery containing about 10 grave-sites with dates
ranging from the 1830s up to a puzzling one dated June 1861. This grave contained a
US sailor who had been aboard the USS Constitution at that time and had perished.
What that ship was doing in these waters during that time none of us could even
imagine. The lava surrounding the little cemetery is particularly sharp and rugged so
it was clear that yellow fever was a fearsome affliction and the Islanders did not want
even the bodies brought on the island for more convenient burial.
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