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88 HISTORICAL RECORDS OF THECHAPTER VII.Detachment at St. Helena Removal of Napoleon's body-Reserve Battalion formed.1840. IN 1840 the detachment which was left at St.Helena in 1839 took part in the disintermentof the body of the Emperor Napoleon.Before describing this event, a short accountof Napoleon during the six yearsof his life atSt. Helena may not be entirely foreign to thehistory of a regiment which had served in armiesopposed to him.He was brought to the island on the 15th ofOctober, 1815, and at first resided at the Briars,which was about a mile and a half from JamesTown, the accommodation at Longwood, his futureresidence, being at that time quite inadequatefor himself and his suite,the house only consistingof five rooms on a groundfloor. The Briarswas preferred by Napoleon as a temporary residence,to being located in the town. He re-