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hides and horses of all tk'Scrii>tioiJri werti in rv- 

 fjuisitiou to couvey the male, female, and in- 

 htiJSki arrlvaJb of ibaik imtloB, to irklt l^e ire- 

 posing' place of all that is mortal of " Le Grani! 

 Napoleon/' and to sec the re.-iidenco, or ratlier 

 the pj'ison, of the late emperor. To view this 

 place, in its present degraded ;^;atej n$ed M 

 staUea mi Immt ought t@t m En^vshmm 

 to Mush at the want hotli <iie finer feelings 

 and generosity of his nation towards the de]>arted 

 greatness of the ex-emperor, whose terror ter- 

 minated with his death. And who woidd not 

 teel for tlie vmtsm ai^ who i^^e Iris 



mmotft ^hm ih^f l^ew a spot, so sacred to 

 them, so degraded by us ? What their senti- 

 ments are at the time, none but tbo§e who feel 

 like them can imagine. 



I mmi^i je&alu ftom quoting an Ami^isfln 

 ant^tir, rmkm the iMbwing^ obsem^on 

 when on a visit, io Bit H^fena. Who has not 

 admired tlie power of genins tliat raise<l him to 

 his glory 1 Who did not feel some sympatliv, 

 at least, in the depth df life fellt Who did not 

 <K>t|ti)3il$^le'Mm in the distance and d^lat^esa 

 of his exile 1 And whOj Hi^Jth the vivid impres- 

 sions of the wretchedness and diseonifort of liis 

 captivity, forced upon them hy the scene in the 

 midst of which we now were, would not be tlis- 



