The land in question was the island of St.Helena.This sea-girt rock had not at that time become classic ground.

It had not yet become the prison and mausoleum of Napoleon the Great.

The petulant squabbles between Sir Hudson Lowe and his illustrious prisoner had not been heard of.

Little wotted then the proud ruler of France the fate that awaited him, for, when the _Boudeuse_ touched at the island, all Europe, with the single exception of England, was kneeling at his feet.
On the 30th the Island of Ascension was reached.

Here, in accordance with a usage peculiar to French sailors, a bottle, containing a short abstract of the ship's log, was committed to the deep.