Je ne sais quoi de sordide, a sort of meanness

2. Cannes. Napoléon, after making his escape from the îsland of Elba, cast anchor in the Gulf Juan, on the southern coast of France, on the fîrst of March, 181 5, and from there proceeded to Cannes.

3. la proclamation du golfe Juan. Immediately af^er landing, Napoléon issued two proclamations : the one addressed to the French people, and the other to the army. The former is the one referred to hère. It contained the éloquent passage : ** Français, dans mon exil fai entendu vos plaintes et vos vœux; fai traversé les mers au milieu des périb de toute espèce ; f arrive parmi vous reprendre mes droits qui sont les vôtres,^*