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has long since been forgotten. It has some- 

 times been mentioned by Napoleonic writers, 

 but never, so far as the present writer is aware, 

 in any detail. It may therefore he safely 

 assumed that if now known at all, it can 

 only be to a very limited number of Napoleonic 

 students. 



The letters are mostly headed " At Sea " or 

 " At St. Helena," but they bear no date. In 

 the first letter the writer describes the great 

 public excitement caused by the transfer of 

 Napoleon from the Bellerophon to the Northum- 

 berland'^ Torbay, 5th August 1815 : 



" There was a daily crowd of boats and other 

 vessels filled with curious spectators (some of 

 whom, it is confidently said, have come on pur- 

 pose from remote parts of the country, and even 

 from London) to snatch such a glimpse of him 

 as could be caught at the distance they were 

 obliged to keep from the Bellerophon^ on whose 

 gangway he occasionally stood." 



On 3rd August 1815 the Northumberland 

 arrived off Berry Head, Torbay. She was there 

 joined by the Tonnant^ accompanied by the 

 Bellerophon, which had on board Napoleon 

 Bonaparte. Count de las Cases, chamberlain to 



