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lesson to posterity of the iiuccrtaiiity which 

 hangs over htinnmii affairs ; 



it will teach 



To after warriors raofiiS. 

 Thjiii liiizli pliilosophy can preach, 

 And vainly jiveachcd before." 



The whole island niny be vicwcfl tlie i>"i- 

 gautic mausoleum of him, whose ainhition raised 

 him fmm t litimMe to a place, aud, 



at conmgned him to a mlserabk toek, larked 

 bj the Ijoisterous waves of the Atlantic, and 

 whidi now contains all that remains of his former 

 splendour and greatness. 



" Tlie (Icf-olntor dL'sohitc I 



Tlie victor overtlirovvn ! 

 The sMber t^ otilieirs'^^te 

 A supplknt ibr Bis own.** 



The number of Fmda ressd^ that mnrt 

 everj year at this island, almost solely fer the 



pnrjjose of visiting and weeping over tlie p:rave 

 of him who formerly ruled France, and at one 

 time almost held the destiny of the world in his 

 grasp, is consideraMe* At this period of onr 



visit, several Fren»li Tfissels, eonsistiiig of a hrig 

 of war, and others, were lyiuii' in the aiudHa'age; 

 and on the road to Lonj^'wood, parties of the 

 erews of tlie several vessels were seen, and ve- 

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