painted at all, it should be the natural colour of the stone.

Headstones executed according to the examples here given will cost from 27. to 67.

Examples Nos. IX. and X. have an ornamented body-stone, or horizontal stone covering the grave. The body-stone should be well coped ; the shaft of the cross forms its ridge, and extends from end to end. Thus constructed it answers the same purpose as the heavy curved stone in common use, without its clumsy and unsightly appearance.

Fig. 9.

Fig. 10.

Flat Slabs.

Flat rectangular slabs, for placing over graves or vaults, may be formed of marble, stone, or slate, and vary considerably in dimensions.

The slab should be 4 or 6 inches thick, and the ornamental devices either incised or in low