Naval Operations.-Just about the time when the consul began his_ campaign against Philip by fixing his camp in the pass leading from Epirus, his brother L. Quinctius, to whom the senate had entrusted the charge of the fleet and the command of the coast-line, sailed to Corcyra with nqueremes. when he heard that the fleet had left. he to lose no time and followed it up to the island of 7.ama. Here he sent back Lucius AiDustius. whom he had J‘碑 Malea. The us, w om eaoan succeeded, and;e was a slow one, the vessels概on towere accompanying him 比taken in tow. 全laden with provisions, having。 mostly toFrom Malea he proceeded with three swift qumqueremes to the Piraeus leaving orders for the rest of the fleet to follow him as quickly as they could, and here he took over the ships which had been left by L. Apustius for the protection of Athens. At the same t如et :wo fleets sailed from Asia, one of twenty; three q uinqueremes with Attalus, the other a Rhodian fleet of twenty decked These fleets united off Andros and from there sailed to Euboea, which is only separated by a narrow strait一They began by laying waste the fields of the Carystians, but when Carystus was strengthened by reinforcements which were hurried up they sailed away to Eretria. On hearing that Attalus had arrived there, L. ctius proceeded thither with the squadron in the Piraeus leaving orders for the rest of his fleet as they arrived to a0 *1 fnrwa双iihnpn_ A very fierce attack on Eretria now commenced. The vesseis in the three fleets carried all kinds of siege engines and artillerv. ，‘，_，_，rr，，，一，~._._r， ants tine country arouna anoraea an aaunaant supply of timer for the constriction of fresh works. At first the townsmen 飞fended themselves,_.with considerable energy, but they gradu-.. any bccam弓wo钾四t an住many- were wounded, and when they saw a portion. of the walls levelled by the enemy's machines, trey began to think about surrendering. But the garrison con-" . 1 r 1,r 7 " ., sisted or Macedonians and the townsmen were as much afraid of these as they were of the Romans. Philocles, Philip's lieutenant, also sent word that he would come to their assistance in time if they would hold out. Thus their hopes and fears constrained them to lengthen out the time beyond either their wishes for their strength. At last they heard that Philocles had been defeated and was in hasty flight to Chalcis-, and they at once sent spokesmen to Attalus to ask for mercy and protection. Hoping for peace they slackened their defence and contented themselves with glard ing that part where the wall had been levelled. Quinctius, however, delivered an assault by night in the quarter where they least expected it and captured the city. The whole of the townsmen with their wives and children took refuge in the cityT7 7 7 7 } "7弓el.and finally surrendered. 1 here was not much gold and silver, but the statues and pictures by old-tune， artists，and similar objects were discovered in" " , 盯eater_quantities tnan might have been expected trom the size and wealth of the city .5