THE
TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES
OF
MONSIEUR VIOLET
IN
California, Sonora, and Western Texas
BY
CAPTAIN MARRYAT
IN CANADA," "MASTERMAN READY," "POOR JACK," ETC., ETC.
LONDON: BROADWAY, LUDGATE HILL
NEW YORK: 9 LAFAYETTE PLACE
"Spying through an opera-glass at the majestic animals which hecould not approach."
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TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES
OF
MONSIEUR VIOLET
CHAPTER I.
The Revolution of 1830, which deprived Charles the Tenth of thethrone of France, like all other great and sudden changes, provedthe ruin of many individuals, more especially of many ancientfamilies who were attached to the Court, and who would not desertthe exiled monarch in his adversity. Among the few who werepermitted to share his fortunes was my father, a noble gentleman ofBurgundy, who at a former period and during a former exile, hadproved his unchangeable faith and attachment to the legitimate