1S2 PORT OF SUNIUM. 
CHAP, lived in habits of friendship. Captain Paget 
sent a boat to him, saying he was sorry they 
had met under such circumstances, but that he 
must desire him to surrender. He received for 
answer, that the Captain of La Sibylle well knew 
Captain Pageis force 1 , and that he would defend 
himself to the last extremity. The Frenchman 
fired first, aided by four armed vessels, which 
were stationed so as to rake the Romney. 
Captain Paget having observed, from the situa- 
tion of his ship, that some mischief would ensue 
to the inhabitants of Myconi, patiently sustained 
this powerful attack without returning a single 
shot, until, by getting a spring upon his cable, 
he had brought the Romney into a situation 
where the cannon might play without doing any 
injury to the town; then he gave his broadside, 
with three cheers from his crew. The Frenchman 
returned the salute; and a warm contest ensued, 
in which the Romney was ultimately victorious. 
The history of this action is often related in the 
Archipelago, although it have not been recorded 
in England: and as the name of the hero appears 
inscribed with his own hands upon the conspi- 
cuous pillars of Sunium, the 2THAAI AIA4ANEIX, 
visible from afar, may stand as lasting a 
(l) The Romney was short of her complement, by seventy-five men. 
