Part two – Death | 588 at Mile End . In the procession were the boys and girls of the German, Spanish, and Portuguese Jewish schools ; the youths training up for the priesthood ; the readers of the various metropolitan synagogues ; and the carriages of the principal Jewish laity . there were nearly a hundred carriages in all . In accordance with a wish expressed by the deceased, there were no mourning - coaches . On arriving at the burial - ground, at Heath Street, Mile End, the body was carried into a sort of hall, in the centre of which it was placed . the reader, then, taking his position at the head of the coffin, repeated a burial - service . At the conclusion of the prayers, the coffin was borne to the grave . Several brown - paper parcels, sealed with wax, containing papers and documents, were thrown into the grave, in obedience to instructions left by the deceased ; and a large box, containing one of the laws of Moses, written by rabbi Herschel himself on parchment, was also, a...
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