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[Ch. XVII.

CHAPTER XVII.

Unsepulchred they roam'd, and shriek'd each wandering ghost.

SIR GEORGE COCKBURN'S NEWFOUNDLAND DOG.—FATAL ACCIDENT TO A SOLDIER OF THE FIFTY-THIRD REGIMENT.—THE RUNAWAY SLAVE.—EXHIBITION OF A CARICATURE, AND CONSEQUENT PUNISHMENT TO ME.

Upon one occasion, Sir George Bingham gave a grand ball to all the people on the island, as a sort of return for civilities shewn to him and his officers of the 53rd regiment. It was the prettiest thing of the kind and the best one I ever remember either before or since; and as the scene of revel was close to Longwood, we were told the emperor had the curiosity to take a peep at it incog. I verily believe he had, from the faithful and animated detail he entered into respecting it the next day, and his criticisms

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