fruits and flowers, which seem as if they had dropped from some happier region into this demoniac bowl. On arriving at Hut's Gate, the scene again changed. Diana's Peak, clothed with verdure, and reaching nearly to the clouds, opens to view Fisher's Valley, which winding beneath in varied beauty, adorned with a handsome house, and groves of trees, psesents a charming relief after the painful scene of desolation and barrenness through which I had passed. After passing Longwood gates, I perceived Deadwood camp. The picturesque appearance of the tents in the wood, their snowy whiteness contrasted with the dark blue shade of the gum-wood trees, produced a novel and theatrical effect upon me; and I thought that I had never beheld a tout ensemble more interesting. On a nearer approach, however, I admired less the appearance of the trees; they were all blown to one side by the trade wind, and upon examination and inquiry, I was surprised to find that they are of so baleful a nature, that a large space under each tree is rendered black and unproductive by their pernicious The reader will observe, that care was taken to exclude Napoleon from any little enjoyment which those few fortunate spots might offer, by confining him to the high road. + Before Sir Hudson Lowe's arrival, this was a favourite ride of Napoleon's; soon after, the governor excluded it from the limits allotted for the French prisoners. droppings. They are of a singular shape, being formed somewhat like an umbrella, with a very small narrow leaf." Deadwood, December, 1815. I have scarcely closed my eyes all night, for those abominable fleas. I am covered with bites, and there are this very minute seven or eight skipping upon my pillow. The rats have been running about all night in swarms. When I was tired of driving them away and at last fell asleep, they gnawed holes in the quilt of the bed over me. The rain has poured in at the sides of the tent so much during the night, that my feet were in a puddle up to my ankles. We cannot procure even a few boards to put under our feet, to keep us dry, as wood is so scarce in the island, and our only hopes are, that by patiently waiting a few weeks until some storeship arrives, we may be able to purchase some old packing cases, and contrive to make a sort of floor of them to keep our feet dry. The rats have gnawed through the tub which contains our Cape salt butter, and no fresh butter is to be obtained.* The rain During Sir George Cockburn's time, a small portion of fresh butter was made for Napoleon's use. After the arrival of his successor, this was discontinued. has come through the book-shelves and all my books are spoiled: on sending them to be dried in the kitchen, I found that the rain had penetrated entirely through the sods of the roof, and the servant was up to his knees bailing it out in pails full. The wet in the tent has rendered my piano quite mute, and I cannot execute a single tune. We sent to the messman to request him to spare us two or three pounds of fresh meat for dinner, but he replied that he had not enough for the officers' dinner; we then sent to the quartermaster serjeant, to beg of him to let us have some salt ration pork or beef, some bread, and a few potatoes he sent us word that no bread had arrived from town as the roads were so bad as to be nearly impassable; that he had received no potatoes for some days; and very little ration pork, of which he spared us a small piece with a little rice. We sent John with some dollars amongst the farmers to purchase a few potatoes, or other vegetables; but he returned after several hours' fatigue without any thing, as the natives seldom take the pains to plant other vegetables than potatoes, which they send to the town in sacks to sell or barter at a high price to the East Indiamen, living themselves on salt pork and rice. We were, therefore, obliged to content ourselves with this St. Helena fare, and to order the cook to keep the skimmings of the fat pork to burn in our lamp as our candles are almost gone, and none will be issued from the stores until next month. We could procure no firewood, as there is a prohibition from cutting down the gum-wood trees without leave from the government, and were obliged to make our servant cut some of the brambles called bringels to cook our dinner." NAPOLÉON, Né à Ajaccio le 15 Août, 1769. Cette plaque d'argent destinée à être placée sur le cerceuil de L'Empereur Napoléon, a été ordonné à M. Darling par le Comte de Montholon. Le gouverneur de Ste. Hélène, en ayant été instruit, a déclaré au Comte de Montholon qu'il s'y opposait, et que d'après les instructions de son gouvernement, s'il y avoit une inscription sur le cercueil, elle seroit le Général Buonaparte. (Signé) Londres, le 2nd Oct. 1821. LE CTE. DE MONTHOLON. THE END. INDEX. ABSTINENCE, Napoleon's, ii. 257 of Marie Louise, ii. 367 Adamant, arrival of, i. 317 Alexander, Emperor of Russia, his character, i. 228, 248. His marry his sister, 159 Alexandria, i. 375 Algerines, i. 171, 306, 502 Allies, their declaration at Vienna, ii. 481 Ambassadors, not the representatives of sovereigns, ii. 175 Amherst, lord, his embassy to China, i. 469. Ought to have Amiens, the treaty of, first violated by the English, ii. 21 Anglesea, marquis of, wounded at Waterloo, ii. 162 duchess of, i. 487 Antommarchi, Dr. his letter to Signor S. Colonna, ii. 498 Arcola, ii. 2, 226 Aristocracy, English, condemned by Napoleon, i. 478. ii. 252, |