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tenances, as the recollection of recent humiliations second 
and misfortunes every now and then kept breaking J0UR -- * —' 
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 hand¬ 
ful 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 cele¬ 
brated national plantation. This spot was judiciously 
chosen, for it is out of the reach of enemies’ cruisers. 
It is called La Gabrielle. No plantation in the 
western world can vie with La Gabrielle. Its spices pianta- 
are of the choicest kind; its soil particularly favour- Gabrielle. 
able to them; its arrangements beautiful; and its 
directeur, Monsieur Martin, a botanist of first-rate 
abilities. This indefatigable naturalist ranged through 
the East, under a royal commission, in quest of bo¬ 
tanical knowlege; and during his stay in the western 
regions, has sent over to Europe from twenty to 
twenty-five thousand specimens, in botany and zoo¬ 
logy. La Gabrielle is on a far-extending range of 
woody hills. Figure to yourself a hill in the shape 
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