ten in German, of
which the following is a literal translation:--

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"I desire the following details to be observed after my decease.

"I wish to be left lying on my bed, with my face exposed to view, just
as I was previously to my death, for four days, and on the fifth day to
have incisions made in the brachial artery and in the foot. After this,
my body is to be conveyed to Berlin, where I wish to be interred in the
tomb of my dearly beloved mother. Should there be no room, I beg that I
may be laid by the side of my two dear children, who died at a very
early age.

"Should I happen to die far from those related to me, the same measures
are to be pursued, and two attendants are to watch my body day and night
to see whether I do not give any signs of life.

"If, owing to any particular circumstances, it is necessary to take me
to a dead-house, I desire, that, according to custom, little bells shall
be fastened to my hands and feet, in order to keep the attendants on the
alert.

"Having always feared being buried alive, my object in giving the above
directions is to prevent the possibility of any return of life.

"The will of God be done, and His name sanctified and blessed in heaven
and on earth! Amen!"

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All these directions were complied with; while the funeral
arrangements--in Paris at least--were very theatrical and "Frenchy,"
though at Berlin they were conducted with greater dignity. The line of
procession, led by a band playing extracts from Meyerbeer's music,
passed the Opera Comique and the Grand Opera, both of which were dressed
in black. Auber was among the pall-bearers, and Gounod among the
mourners. Behind the coffin were carried on a cushion the various
decorations with which sovereigns and societies had decked the composer.
At the Northern Railway station, (also draped in mourning,) orations
were delivered, _and applauded_ by the listeners, and sometimes
interrupted by the impatient steam-whistles of departing trains. An
incident of the funeral was the decoration of the _catafalque_ with a
silver cross: Meyerbeer was a Jew, and the inconsistency was not noticed
till there was barely time to tear away the Christian emblem before the
body of the Israelite composer was laid in its place. That same night,
at the Grand Opera, the "Huguenots" was performed, and never did Sax,
Gueymard, Faure, and Beisal sing or act with g