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Recollections of
[Ch. III.

CHAPTER III.

Out of the fertile ground he caused to grow
All trees of noblest kind for sight, smell, taste.

Milton.

Groves whose rich trees wept odorous gums and balm;
Others whose fruit burnished with golden rind,
Hung amiable,—Hesperian fables true,
If true, here only,—and of delicious taste.—Milton.

VIEW OF THE CAVALCADE GOING AND RETURNING FROM LONGWOOD, THE DAY AFTER NAPOLEON'S LANDING AT ST. HELENA.—THE EMPEROR'S ADMIRATION OF THE BRIARS.—TAKES UP HIS RESIDENCE AMONGST US.—DESCRIPTION OF HIS MANNER, PERSON, ETC.—QUESTIONS ME IN GEOGRAPHY.—HIS OPINION OF ENGLISH MUSIC..

THE next morning, we observed a large cavalcade moving along the path which wound round the mountain, at the base of which our dear little cottage was lying, almost hidden in its nest of leaves. The

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