In the nearby cemetery, set among frangipani trees, is the Grave of Francis Light, who died from malaria in 1794, only six years after the start of his Penang adventure.
Everybody who died from malaria in 1794 was incinerated, not buried.
mnli hypothesis: Everybody who died from malaria in 1794 was incinerated, not buried. premise: In the nearby cemetery, set among frangipani trees, is the Grave of Francis Light, who died from malaria in 1794, only six years after the start of his Penang adventure.