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CHAPTER XII. 



Tomb of Napoleon — The willows — Contrasted feelings of the 

 French and English visitors to Buonaparte's grave — Fish — 

 Sail from St. Helena — Island of Ascension — Frigate birds 

 — Shark sucking a Pilot Fish — The sargasso weed — 

 Condition of the Crowned pigeons — A swallow captured 

 daring migration — Temperature — Arrival at Gravesend. 



The day of our arrival we visited the place of 

 repose of the mortal remains of Napoleon. The 

 rising- road towards Longwood was cut on the 

 surface of a lofty, barren hill, gradually ascend- 

 ing as we advanced, which afforded a sterile 

 view, varied by a few scattered shrubs of Cactus, 

 Furze-bushes, and Frocoides, bestowing some 

 animation by their blossoms to the arid soil, 

 which barely seemed capable of affording them 

 nourishment. The varying view of the town and 

 shipping on the ascent, formed a picturesque 

 scene, and gave some interest to the monoto- 



