NAPOLEON AT ST. HELENA. 



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to the Northumberland, the flag-ship of Sir George Cockburn, which immediately set sail for 

 St. Helena. 



On arrival the imperial captive was at first lodged in a sort of inn. The following 

 day the ex-emperor and suite rode out to visit Long wood, the seat selected for his resi- 

 dence, and when returning noted a small villa with a pavilion attached to it, about two 

 miles from the town, the residence of Mr. Bal combe, an inhabitant of the island. The spot 

 attracted the emperor's notice, and the admiral, who had accompanied him, thought it 



ST. HELENA. 



would be better for him to remain there than to go back to the town, where the sentinels 

 at the doors and the gaping crowds in a manner confined him to his chamber. The place 

 pleased the emperor, for the position was quiet, and commanded a fine view. The 

 pavilion was a kind of summer-house on a pointed eminence, about fifty paces from the 

 house, where the family were accustomed to resort in fine weather, and this was the 

 retreat hired for the temporary abode of the emperor. It contained only one room on 

 the ground-floor, without curtains or shutters, and scarcely possessed a seat; and when 

 Napoleon retired to rest, one of the windows had to be barricaded, so draughty was it, in 

 order to exclude the night air, to which he had become particularly sensitive. What a 

 contrast to the gay palaces of France ! 



In December the emperor removed to Longwood, riding thither on a small Cape 



