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Recollections of
[Ch. IV.

CHAPTER IV.

The spicy myrtle, with unwithering leaf,Shines there and flourishes, the golden boastOf Portugal and Western India. ThereThe ruddier orange and the paler limePeep through their polished foliage.

Cowper.

NAPOLEON'S HABITS DURING HIS STAY AT THE BRIARS.—MISS LEGG, HER TERROR OF THE EMPEROR.—NAPOLEON ATTACKED BY A COW.—THE ROOM OCCUPIED BY HIM.—HIS SIMPLE MODE OF LIVING.—CARICATURE OF A FRENCHMAN.—MY INDIGNATION AT BEING QUIZZED ABOUT COUNT LAS CASES' SON.

It is not in my power to give a detailed account of the events of each day the emperor spent with us. I shall never cease regretting that I did not keep a journal of all that occurred, but I was too young and too thoughtless to see the advantage of doing so; besides, I trusted to a memory

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