VISIT TO SOUTH AFRICA. 
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CHAPTER XXV. 
The Governor s gardens described. Excursion in company of his Ex- 
cellency, by Sandy-bay, to Longwood. High Peak. Diana's Peak. 
The Devil's Punch-bowl. Account of Longwood. General Bona" 
parte confined to his room by illness. Bertrand. Monthollon. 
Lieutenant Pritchard. Description of Sandy-bay and other parts 
of the island. Furze. Black-berries. Wild Goats. Houses of 
English settlers. The Friar Rock and valley. Observations on 
General Bonaparte's conduct. Departure from Si. Helena. 
"W"hen Captain Wallis of the Podargus came on board the Zebras 
and inquiry was made about General Bonaparte, the captain 
seemed very unwilling to allow, that he was any longer an object 
of curiosity at St. Helena, though in England we were all so eager 
to hear and speak about him. But on landing we found, that 
his words and actions formed a considerable part of the conver- 
sation of all classes. Captain Wallis was first lieutenant to Captain 
Wright, whose history is well known; and though Bonaparte 
denies knowing any thing about the torture he is said to have suf- 
fered before his death, yet his great wrath at the appointment 
of Captain Wallis to this station, which, he says, was purposely 
done to mortify him, shows no very clear conscience. In Captain 
Wallis he cannot expect to have a sincere friend, unless he con- 
ceives him to be a Christian of such consummate piety, that 
he can forgive and forget all the cruel and insulting treatment 
which he himself experienced, when taken prisoner Avith Captain 
Wright. 
Lord Charles Somerset had expressed his wish to Sir Hudson 
Lowe, that if it were possible, his son might have, if not an interview 
with, yet an opportunity of seeing General Bonaparte. But un- 
fortunately for us, he was just now not only highly displeased with 
