An Epoch in History. P. H. Eley

on the battleship which conveyed Napoleon from London to St. Helena, writing to one of the court ladies in London, states that Napoleon offered the sailors four hundred dollars in gold and actually gave them eighty-five dollars to escape being ducked in a tub of cold water and shaved with a rough iron hoop when they crossed the equator.* * Century Magazine for September, 1889.

      We reached the line on Thursday night and awoke a few hours later on Saturday morning, having lost a day in revelry.