Bonaparte was buried on the 8th of May, in a small secluded recess
called Slane's, or Haine's Valley, where a fountain arose, at which his
Chinese domestics used to fill the silver pitchers, which they carried
to Longwood for Napoleon's use. "All the troops were under arms upon the
solemn occasion. As the road did not permit a near approach of the
hearse to the place of sepulture, a party of British grenadiers had the
honour to bear the coffin to the grave. The prayers were recited by the
priest, Abbé Vignali. Minute guns were fired from the admiral's ship.
The coffin was then let down into the grave, under a discharge of three
successive volleys of artillery, fifteen pieces of cannon firing fifteen
guns each. A large stone was then lowered down on the grave, and covered
the moderate space now sufficient for the man for whom Europe was once
too little."
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