HOME OF THE AMIPRESS JOSEPHINE. 301 
to assist in his assumption of royalty: In the center, 
the Pope; Napoleon, in the act of placing the crown 
upon the head of Josephine, who kneels before him. 
The inscriptions upon the dies are as follows: 
North: “Z’ax 1868. Napoleon III Regnant, 
Les Habitants de la Martinique ont élevé ce monu- 
ment a L’Impératrice Foséphine. <Née dans cette 
Colonze.” 
East: “Wée Le XXI/T Fuin, MDCCLXTII.” 
(Crown, shield, and eagle of France.) 
South: The bas-relief, — Coronation scene. 
West: “Marté Le LX Mars, MDCCXCVI.” 
(Draped shield, eagle, and crown.) 
The statue is enclosed by a neat iron fence, and 
is further surrounded by a ring of palms, planted, I 
believe, at the time it was erected. In the distance, 
on a hill, is an old fort and a little chapel, where the 
Virgin Mother extends her hands in benediction, and 
where a candle burns, bright by night and dim by 
day. 
As amateur photographer I sought a resident artist, 
Monsieur Fabre, who received and aided me cheer- 
fully, especially when he learned that I bore a letter 
from our good friend Hartmann, of St. Pierre. In his 
capacious court-yard I was soon busily at work pre- 
paring my chemicals, wrapped in a vapor of collodion. 
I was suddenly awakened by a strange shock, as 
though some one had shaken me strongly and was 
about standing me upon my head. At that instant, 
in rushed my friend, the photographer, with loud 
cries: “Ah, mon Dieu! Tremblement de terre! 
Tremblement de terre!” “Earthquake! Earthquake !” 
