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SACKED To THE MEMORY OP HELENA AUGUSTA JASE THE INFANT DAUGHTER OF NivF.N KERR ESQUIRE HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S CONSUL FOE THIS ISLAND AND OF LOUISA MARIA HIS WIFE, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 3RD OF JULY, 1847 AGED 11 MONTHS AND 10 DAYS. IF EXVY IS MY SOUL COULD DWELL, CHILD 1 I COULD ENVY THEE, ERE SIN ITS IRON CHAIN HAD FORG'D, THE CAPTIVE WAS SET FREE. THEN SHED NO TEARS ON SUCH A GRAVE, NO MOURNING VIGIL KEEP MAN IS NOT so SUPREMELY BLEST, TO NEED FOR ANGEL WEEP! •SACKED TO THE MEMORY OF WM. BALLS LATE SEAMAN-OS BOARD H.U.M.S. VOLAGE WHO DIED MAY 20th, 1849 AGED 32 YEARS THIS TOMB IS ERECTED AS A TOKEN OF RESPECT BY HIS SHIPMATES EPITAPHS.

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