1 62 EASY-CHAIR MEMORIES 



I shrewdly suspect that Montholm, when he 

 plays with him, takes care to be the loser." 



The excitement in the interesting little colony 

 of St. Helena on the arrival of their extraordinary 

 guest may be easily imagined. Bonaparte did 

 not leave his cabin for a full hour after the ship 

 had anchored in the bay. 



"When the deck became clear he made his 

 appearance and ascended the poop ladder, from 

 which he could see every gun that bristles at 

 the mouth of the James Valley, in the centre of 

 which the town of that name is situate. . . . 

 While he stood there I watched his countenance 

 with the most observant attention, and it be- 

 trayed no particular sensation. He looked, as 

 any other man would have looked, at a place 

 which he beheld for the first time." 



It may be remarked that in the course of his 

 narrative our worthy surgeon sometimes speaks 

 of Napoleon as the General, sometimes as the 

 ex-Emperor, and occasionally as the Emperor. 

 He did not disembark on the i7th of August 

 till after sunset, much to the chagrin of the ex- 

 pectant inhabitants, who had retired to their 

 homes. His first residence on the island was 

 The Briars, the residence of Mr. Balcombe, 



