IN REMEMBRANCE
OF THIRTY SIX OF THEIR GALLANT SHIPMATES
WHO BETWEEN THE YEARS 1851 AND 1856
DIED IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED
BY CAPTAIN MELLERSII. OF HMS RATTLER
HIS OFFICERS AND SHIP'S COMPANY
OF THESE
TWENTY FIVE FELL UNDER THE BANEFUL
EFFECTS OF THE CLIMATES OF BURMAH
AND CHINA
FIVE WERE DROWNED
SIX WERE KILLED IN ACTION WITH PIRATES
ON THE COAST OF CHINA