Surely the author of this extraordinary paragraph must have been more than an unconscious humorist! A stone erected over his remains, which has long since disappeared, bore the following inscription: A la Mémoire de Pierre De Landais Ancien Contre-Amiral au service Des États Unis Qui Disparut Juin 1818 Agé 87 ans. There is something pathetic in the picture of the "Ancien Contre-Amiral," in his faded Continental uniform and the proud independence of his old age; and perhaps after all we may charitably attribute his colossal blunders to insanity and incompetency rather than to malice or treachery.] [Footnote 43: Negotiations on this claim were protracted for over sixty years. In June, 1847, the Danish Government formally and finally denied the validity of the claim, and it has not been paid. Congress, however, on March 21, 1848, provided for the payment of the prize money involved, to the heirs of Paul Jones and other persons entitled to share in the distribution of the fund.] [Footnote 44: The rouble was then worth about one dollar, and, as has been mentioned, a dollar was greater then than now.] [Footnote 45: In after years Jones indorsed upon this letter a grim comment: "Has he kept his word?"] [Footnote 46: Some authorities say fourteen; the difference is immaterial.] [Footnote 47: All dates given, except in letters, are new style, eleven days in advance of Russian dates.] [Footnote 48: This is a mistake, he was never a vice admiral.] [Footnote 49: Old style.]