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Title: Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China seas and Japan
Year: 1857 (1850s)
Authors: Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858 Hawks, Francis L. (Francis Lister), 1798-1866
Subjects: United States Naval Expedition to Japan (1852-1854)
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and company (etc., etc.)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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im. The tomb in which Napoleon was placed, has lost some of its interestfrom the removal of his body to France. He died on the 1st of May, 1821.On the 4th of October, 1840, his remains were embarked on the Frenchfrigate Belle Poule, which had been sent under the command of the Princede Joinville, for the purpose of transporting them to France. The inhabitants of St. Helena seem to be industrious, but the generalopinito of the officers of the ship, founded on their experience, was, that intheir rambles over the world, they had never met with more polite and un-scrupulous extortioners. It is said to be the practice of householders toentertain unsuspecting strangers with great seeming kindness, and then tomulct them most unmercifully for the supposed hospitality. This may beslander, but an incident occurred while the ship was at Jamestown, whichleaves no doubt that profiered favors are sometimes done with the expecta-tion of receiving for them—a consideration. One of the lieutenants of
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JAMESTOWN, ST. HELENA. 117 the ship was the victim of excessive civility. Contemplating a visit toLongwood, he had engaged a horse at the livery stable, which, on landing,he found saddled and waiting for him according to appointment. He wasabout mounting, when a citizen of Jamestown, whom he had casually metthe day before, stepped up and told him that he had a horse, much superiorto that he was about to mount, which was altogether at his service, and thathe would send for it. Consequently the hired horse was dismissed, with acompensation to the disappointed attendant, and that of the polite friendwas accepted, unfortunately, however, proving to be inferior to the one dis-missed. However, he was used for a few hours, and returned with a douceurto the servant who received him. The same evening the owner of the horse visited the ship, when thelieutenant was profuse of civility and thanks, and after entertaining him,pressed upon him the acceptance of some little presents, quite equal in v

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