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 broken down and ruined, and under arrest in liis own Second 



Journey. 



house. He has four accompHshed daughters, respected 



by the whole town. Towards the close of day, when the 

 sun's rays are no longer oppressive, these much -pitied 

 ladies are seen walking up and down the balcony with 

 their aged parent, trying, by their kind and filial atten- 

 tion, to remove the settled gloom from his too guilty 

 brow. 



This was not the time for a traveller to enjoy Cayenne. The inha- 

 bitants. 



The hospitality of the inhabitants was the same as ever, 

 but they had lost their wonted gaiety in public, and the 

 stranger might read in their countenances, as the recol- 

 lection of recent humiliations and misfortunes every now 

 and then kept breaking in upon them, that they were 

 still in sorrow for their fallen country : the victorious 

 hostile cannon of Waterloo still sounded in their ears : 

 their emperor was a prisoner amongst the hideous rocks 

 of St. Helena ; and many a Frenchman who had fought 

 and bled for France was now amongst them, begging for 

 a little support to prolong a life which would be forfeited 

 on the parent soil. To add another handful to the cypress 

 and wormwood already scattered amongst these polite 

 colonists, they had just received orders from the court of 

 Janeiro to put on deep mourning for six months, and 

 half-mourning for as many more, on account of the death 

 of the queen of Portugal. 



About a day's journey in the interior, is the celebrated 



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