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twenty years before ; and it is almost impossible for language 

 to describe their emotion. They kissed the coffin again and 

 again, and streams of tears flowed down their"' cheeks. 



Amid the roar of guns and other martial honors the body 

 was embarked, and on the 18th of October, 1840, the " Belle 

 Poule " weighed her anchors, and sailed for France. 



On the arrival of the frigate at Brest, the body was con- 

 veyed to Paris, and there reinterred beneath the Tomb of the 

 Invalides. 



From St. Helena we proceeded to Rio Janiero. Here we 

 remained several days, during which we replenished our stock 

 of water and provisions. Leaving Rio Janeiro, we shaped 

 our course for New York, where we arrived on the 3d of July, 

 after having been absent from home and friends three years 

 and eleven months. 



