Neglected and Forgotten for Over Twenty Years Situated a few yards from the changwarpang Station, and not far [from the Shanghai-Woosung Highway, lies a little foreign cemetery shin, "unlike its counterpart—in Pootung, has felt the touch of no kindly hands for many years. On the contrary, but three graves remain to show what it once was, The rest are now covered with a small crop what appear to be some form of beans.
'The cemetery itself is surrounded by a low brick wall, which shows signs of damage sustained during the Sino-Japanese trouble in 1992, although it has been patched up' here and there with bamboo fencing, Tt is roughly 100 feet long by 80 feet wide, and entrance is obtained through Tow iron gate. Just to the right, on entering, 1s a stone slab covering' the grave of Albert Jacques Francois, a 20-year old French sailor, who was buried there in May, 1884, In the southwest corner a small stone cross marks the grave of an unknown foreigner—although the cross itself 1s. still in fairly good condition, the weather has practically eradicated the carving on it, and only a letter here and there is discernible, Another Young Man 'The third, and last, grave which is: stil "visible' is covered by creepers, while a tall palm has grown right up through its centre, shading the stone cross which marks its site, The inscription on it reads:—"In Memory of Henry Perkins, HAMS. Aurora, accidentally "drowned at Woosung June 11, 1901, aged 21 years. In the imidst of life'we are in death, This stone was erected by his messmates The whole of the rest of the little cemetery Is covered with crops, Beyond. the fact that some twenty years or more ago, a ind Shanghai philanthropist had "it tidied up, and the wall repaired, nothing further regarding its history can apparently be found. And yet at one time—when sailing ships bound for Shanghhai_ moored near this very spot—it must have been quite well known. But as the day of the sailing ships passed, and mors salled right Up to moorings nearer the Bund, the graves of these pioneers were for~ gotten in the hurry and bustle that accompanied the building of this modern metropolis,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.