Birth--Ancestry--Misfortune of Becoming Suddenly Rich--A Religious Mother--Fate of an Elder Brother--Mathematics-- Purposes of Life--Deportment in Youth--Views of War. 9 Clark becomes a Sailor--Privateering--His Subsequent Reflections --Last Visit to his Parents--Sails as Mate to the West Indies-- Pressed on Board the Man-of-War Tobago--A Fight and Death of the Gunner--Admiral Rodney--Escapes from the Tobago--Visits his Brother--Ships for England--Taken by the Spaniards--Obtains his Freedom, and again Pressed on Board the Narcissus--Deserts a Second Time, and Swims Ashore on James’ Island, off Charleston, at Great Risk. 16…
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