. The home auxiliary and reference for teachers and students. om attacking Leith. Onhis way south again he fell in, offFlamborough Head, with the Englishship Serapis, which, after a long andbloody combat, he compelled to exploit raised his fame to itsacme. On his return to Paris he wasfeted and carassed by the best society;and Louis XVI presented him with agold-hilted sword, and decorated himwith the Military Order of some time spent in America,where he was much chagrined by theneglect that met his boastful requestsfor further employment, Paul Jones re-turned to Paris a
. The home auxiliary and reference for teachers and students. om attacking Leith. Onhis way south again he fell in, offFlamborough Head, with the Englishship Serapis, which, after a long andbloody combat, he compelled to exploit raised his fame to itsacme. On his return to Paris he wasfeted and carassed by the best society;and Louis XVI presented him with agold-hilted sword, and decorated himwith the Military Order of some time spent in America,where he was much chagrined by theneglect that met his boastful requestsfor further employment, Paul Jones re-turned to Paris as agent for all prizestaken in Europe under his own com-mand. While he resumed his effortsto pose as a man of ton he attendedcarefully to his duties. A favorablereport to Congress as to his naval ser-vices was followed by a vote of a goldmedal from that body in 1786. In 1788the Chevalier Jones entered the serviceof the Empress Catherine of Russia,and became as enthusiastic a Russian ashe had been an American. He was ap-pointed to a command in the Black Sea,. JOHN ADAMS BIOGRAPHY—JOHN ADAMS 351 with the rank of rear-admiral, to actagainst the Turks; but the jealousy andrivalry of the Russian commandersbrought about his recall in less thaneight months. Summoned to , on a pretext of receiving apost in the North Sea, he was left inrestless idleness until at last two yearsformal leave of absence was granted tohim. On this virtual dismissal, PaulJones retired to Paris, soured and dis-appointed, and after two years spentin fruitlessly importuning the Russiancourt, he died in that city on July 18,1792. Paul Jones is described as a short,thick little fellow, about 5 feet 8 inchesin height, of a dark, swarthy com-plexion. Naval skill and bravery hecertainly had, but his letters prove himto have been boastful and writhed under the suspicion of be-ing an adventurer; once and again heeagerly repels the charge. English con-temporary accounts generally speak ofhi
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