-Le Mattar 3 Ta Longue 2 Boydis 5 UT Les Palle 51 x 15 8 PERTUIS D'ANTIOCHE 20 Les Antioches Tour de Chassiron. D'OLERON pre de Chassiron Rocher de Perluy Station of H.M. Ship Bellerophon, when under sail. A Position of HM. Ships Bellerophon and Slaney on the evening of the the th 14th of July 1815, & when Baonaparte was received on board the 15302 B.Position w.H.M. Ship Myrmidon was ordered to take ироп evening of the 14th of July C. Station of HM. Ship Cyrus off the Baleine Light-house. rd E. French Frigates Saale and Meduse and Brig Epervier Buonaparte embarhed in the former July 3 1815. FTwo Chasse Marees manned & Officered from the Frigates, prepared to aid Buonapartes escape in the event of Las Cases's mission to the Bellerophon failing. AFrench Corvette &c. in Mamusson passage. The soundings are in French fathoms one equal to 5 feet 5 inches English Mexsure. NARRATIVE OF THE SURRENDER OF BUONAPARTE AND OF HIS RESIDENCE ON BOARD H.M.S. BELLEROPHON; WITH A DETAIL OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS THAT OCCURRED IN THAT SHIP, BETWEEN THE 24th OF MAY AND THE 8th OF AUGUST, 1815. BY CAPTAIN F. L. MAITLAND, C. B. SECOND EDITION. LONDON: HENRY COLBURN, NEW BURLINGTON STREET. PREFACE. SOME explanation seems called for, when, after a lapse of eleven years, I present to the Public my Narrative of the reception and residence of Napoleon Buonaparte on board H. M. S. Bellerophon; as it will naturally be asked, why it has been so many years in seeing the light, and from what cause it makes its appearance at this particular period. Immediately after the extraordinary and interesting events took place which are here recorded, I was, by the earnest solicitations of my friends, induced to throw together the notes and memoranda in my possession, of the proceedings in which I bore so prominent a part. I was further led to undertake this task, so foreign to my usual occupations, in consequence of the many misrepresentations that appeared at that time, respecting the conduct of Buonaparte while on board the ship I commanded, as well as my treatment of him. The following Narrative was then written solely for the private perusal of my friends, and not with a view to publication many reasons combining, at that |