But lest his task should seem too easy, he continued to turn over the leaves of the big folio, and in order to have an excuse if the librarian should ask him any further questions, he memorized some of the names which he saw.

And after a while he took the book back to its shelf, and turned to the wall on which the charts and maps were hung.

There was one there of Paradise, whereon was marked the site and names of all the tombs and graves in that ancient enclosure; from it he hoped to ascertain the exact position and whereabouts of Richard Jenkins's grave.
But here Bryce met his first check.

Down each side of the old chart--dated 1850--there was a tabulated list of the tombs in Paradise.
The names of families and persons were given in this list--against each name was a number corresponding with the same number, marked on the various divisions of the chart.

And there was no Richard Jenkins on that list--he went over it carefully twice, thrice.