fioj JKrrdenV Letters on Napoleon, 



Ii?m n»iglit be attended with infection. 

 — Stie represented Napolepn's grief as 



iserfectlj romantic, and ,stateil, a> a fact, 

 'hat he lay, for it is not to be supposed 

 Vliat he slept, a whole night on the stone 

 ^which covered the grave of his friend. 

 "She also mentioned that he possessed 

 ah equal attachment to Lasnes, Duke of 

 IVIontebello, **'"' "^s killed at tlie battle 

 of Esling, when a similar scene of afflic- 

 tion and regard took place. — Tiiat brave 

 i)fficer had been obliged to submit to the 

 amputation of one leg just below the 

 Itnee, and the other just above the 

 ftricle. Bonaparte and Bertrand visited 

 fiitn in this unhappy condition, on the 

 left bank of the Danube. Bertrand was 

 endeavouring to console him by com- 

 paring his situation to that of the brave 

 Caffarelli, vvhen he, with a certain ea- 

 gerness of expression, thus interrupted 

 liim.— "The attachment of CafTarelli to 

 the Emperor was cold, when compared 

 with the affection y»hich I feel." 



~ ARRIVAL AT ST. HELENA. 



Napoleon did not leave his cabin for r 

 full hour after the ship had anchored in 

 the b»iy ; however, when the deck became 

 clear, he made bis appearance, and as- 

 ceiided the poop ladder, from which he 

 could examine every gun that bristles at 

 the mouth of James Valley; m the center 

 of which the town of that name, and the 

 onlv one in the island, is situate. — While 

 Jje stood there I watched his countenance 

 ■with the most observant attention, and it 

 tetrayed no particular sensation 



inhabiijtnts Qf the tqwn, wearied oqt-it 

 waiting for tlie spectacle of Bonaparte'* 

 landing, had retired to their homes, that 

 he, according to the wish he had ex- 

 pressed, passed unobserved to the house 

 where he wa^ to pass (lie drst night as a(t 

 inhabitant of St. Helena, . , 



VISIT TON APOLEOir., 



It was not till some time in November, 

 that I paid a second vii^it to the Uriars, 

 wh.ther an invitation t<> dine with Mr, 

 Balcombe had called me. A,* I reache4 

 the spot some, time before the dinner- 

 hour, I proposed to amuse my-elf iq exv 

 amining the cultivat< d spots, atiachef( 

 to the domain. I accidentally ttxik tit* 

 path which leads to the gardens, and at 

 the gate where it terminates there is a 

 narrow goats' passage leading utrectljr 

 into it, whose sides are.lined with pncLlj 

 pear bush. At the angle formed by th« 

 two paths, I met Napoleon claiteriiig 

 down from among the rocks in his heavjr 

 military boots, He accosted me with ai| 

 apparent mixture of satisfaction and sur* 

 pri^e ; and reproached me in term* of 

 great civility for my long absence* 

 There was a rough deal board placed as.a 



he 

 looked as any other man would look at « 

 place which he beheld for the first time, 



I shall also take this opportunity to 



mentien thai, during the whole voyage, 

 from the moment the Bellerophon set 

 eaii from England to its arrival at St. 

 $ele»ia, I never saw any change in the 

 placid countenance and unaisuming man- 

 ners of our distinguished shipmate ; nor 

 did I hear of a discontented look, or a 

 peevish exprtssion, being remarked by 

 any other person in the ship. The la- 

 dies, indeed, discovered some distress on 

 the first view of their rocky cage; but 

 their general conduct, on the occasion, 

 displayed a degree of self- possession 

 which was pot expected of them. 



The first object of the admiral was to 

 inalie the licces^arv arrangetpents for the 

 aticommodation of Napoleon and his 

 suite; aiid the J,'euient>nt-Governor's 

 liouse was iip'propriated for that purpose, 

 pi\ a proper plac^ could be prepared for 

 W's fixed residence. It was not, there- 

 fdi-e.till the. 17th, that they disembarked. 



H^l[t^f Si^).-s^t,.9a that day, when th^ 



seat between two stones, on which, after 

 having brushed away tlie dust with hia 

 hand, he sat himself down, and de»irec) 

 me to take my place by him. — La-s Cases 

 soon joined us, for, in scrambling tltrougt:| 

 these rocky paths, his master, badly as ba 

 walks, .had got the. start of him. Ou al| 

 sides uf the spp,^ wliere we were seated, 

 rocks were piled nii rocks to the height 

 of a thousand feet ahove our heads^ 

 while there was an abyss of equal depth at 

 our feet. Nature seems in a spnrtiv* 

 mood to have afforded tj^is level space 

 for a semi-aisrial dwelling, and, while I. 

 was gating with sonie asionishrnent on 

 the barren wonders of the scene ground 

 ipe — —•♦Well," said Napoleon with ,j| 

 smile, "what say you to it|~-and cad 

 you think that your countrymen havcf 

 treated tne kindly r": — I had hut one an« 

 swer to such a question ; and that wa»^ 

 by not giving any answer at all.— •lii^ 

 conversation then turned upon the state 

 an^ character of the island, of which, hd 

 observed, all the boo|;s he read respecting 

 it, duririg the yoyage, had given a verji 

 partial representation, unless there were 

 parts of a more pleasjng aspect than any; 

 he had sepn ip his r^des to Longwood, 

 which comprehended the utmost extent 

 of his observation. His conversation 

 was, on this occasion, as on all olhtr^ 

 when I have been with him— easy, goor'^ 

 humoured and familiar, without the ieat^ 

 tiUiitol'his furii)er£rea|nes$i a^id, when, 



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