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deliver it till the hand that wrote it was 

 unnerved by death. 



The remainder of the volume is made 

 up of various interesting conversations with 

 Napoleon, mainly on the subject of health 

 and disease, until the departure of our surgeon 

 from the island. 



The Newcastle and Orontes were seen from 

 the heights of St. Helena on the morning of 

 June i Qth, and Warden's delight could not 

 easily be expressed. He bent his steps to 

 Longwood, where he arrived about ten in the 

 morning, and Napoleon requested him to 

 breakfast with him. 



"On my appearing, he said, ' You are 

 come to take leave of us ? ' 'I am come up, 

 General, with that intention.' 'You will break- 

 fast, then,' pointing to a chair. ' Have you had 

 letters from your friends ?' ' No, sir, the ships 

 cannot reach the bay before evening.' ' Is the 

 Admiral known ? ' * Yes, he is Admiral Mal- 

 com.' Are you glad to return to England ? ' 

 ' Very glad indeed.' " 



A long conversation followed on various 

 subjects, mostly with reference to what the 

 English press had said about Napoleon. This 



