--Asked to dinner by General
Lemaroix--News of Perceval's assassination--Parole refused--Marched to
Montreuil-sur-Mer--On to Hesdin; being footsore, Author insists on having a
carriage--Drives to Arras.

_pp. 301-310_

CHAPTER XXV.

AT CAMBRAY.

Meet an Englishman--At last put on parole--Dine with Lieutenant
Horton--Proceed to Cambray--Relics of Archbishop Fenelon--Meet Captain Otter
at Verdun--Prisoners' amusements--Author and Captain Otter establish a
school for midshipmen--Author moves into country quarters--Severe censorship
of prisoner's letters--Ordered to Blois--Purchase a cart and horses.

_pp. 311-320_

CHAPTER XXVI.

END OF CAPTIVITY.

Horses bolt, and cart upsets--Reach Blois after six days'
travelling--Miserable condition of French troops after return from
Moscow--Ordered to Gueret on the Creuse--A miserable journey of five
days--Poor accommodation--Allowed to move to country quarters at Masignon--An
earthquake shock--News of Napoleon's abdication--Start for Paris--Reach
Fontainebleau in nine days--Proceed to Paris--Lodgings dear and scarce--State
entrance of Louis XVIII. into Paris.

_pp. 321-331_

CHAPTER XXVII.

HONOURABLY ACQUITTED.

Obtain a passport after some difficulty from Prince Metternich--Start for
England _via_ Rouen and Havre--Sail to Spithead--Amused at Englishwomen's
queer dress--Return to family--Acquitted for loss of H.M.S. _Apelles_.

_pp. 332-334_

APPENDIX

_pp. 335-340_

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE
CAPTAIN F. HOFFMAN, R.N. (_by V. Varillas, 1818_) _Frontispiece_
FALMOUTH HARBOUR _To face_ 10
PLYMOUTH HARBOUR " 50
PORT ROYAL, JAMAICA " 108
LUXURIOUS VEGETATION, JAMAICA " 140
ENTRANCE TO ST. IAGO, CUBA