CHAP. XCVI.--Napoleon's Domestic Habits--Manner in which he spent the day--His Dress--Nature of the Fragments of Memoirs he dictated to Gourgaud and Montholon--His admiration of Ossian--He prefers Racine and Corneille to Voltaire--Dislike of Tacitus--His Vindication of the Character of Cæsar--His behaviour towards the Persons of his Household--Amusements and Exercises--His Character of Sir Pulteney Malcolm--Degree of his Intercourse with the Islanders, and with Visitors to the Island--Interview with Captain Basil Hall--with Lord Amherst and the Gentlemen attached to the Chinese Embassy, 297 CHAP. XCVII.--Napoleon's Illness--viz. Cancer in the Stomach--Removal of Las Cases--Montholon's Complaints brought forward by Lord Holland--and replied to by Lord Bathurst--Effect of the failure of Lord Holland's motion--Removal of Dr. O'Meara from his attendance on Buonaparte--who refuses to permit the visits of any other English Physician--Two Priests sent to St. Helena at his desire--Dr. Antommarchi--Continued Disputes with Sir Hudson Lowe--Plans for Effecting Buonaparte's Escape--Scheme of a Smuggler to approach St. Helena in a Submarine Vessel--Seizure of the Vessel--Letter expressing the King of England's interest in the Illness of Napoleon--Consent of the latter to admit the visits of Dr. Arnott--Napoleon employs himself in making his Will--and gives other directions connected with his Decease--Extreme Unction administered to him--HIS DEATH, on 5th May, 1821--Anatomization of the Body--His Funeral, 313 APPENDIX-- No. I.--Remarks on the Campaign of 1815, 353 No. II.--Buonaparte's Protest, 373 No. III.--States of Thermometer, 377 No. IV.--Interview betwixt Napoleon Buonaparte and Henry Ellis, Esq., third Commissioner of Lord Amherst's Embassy to China, 377 No. V.--Memorandum of the Establishment at Longwood, 381 No. VI.--Interview between Buonaparte and the Widow of Theobald Wolfe Tone, 382 No. VII.--Buonaparte's last Will and Testament, 384 CHAPTER LXXV.