Date: 1841
The only furniture of the place are the seats at the sides for the mourners, and that dark looking table in the centre where lies the being mourned.  This, by means of machinery , at the proper period descends down to the very floor of the catacombs below ; which consist of a main passage extending in the direction of the length of the chapel, and crossed by five others.  The walls of the latter are formed into a series of deep and broad arches, each of them divided off so as to suit the convenience of purchasers.