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Poverty - by James Platt

wounded, surrendered, and we towed off the launch. This was the kind of enthusiasm that Nelson kindled in his men. He went to sea at twelve years of age, first upon an Arctic voyage, when, being missed one day, he was discovered on an iceberg attempting to get at a large Polar bear. A boat was sent for him, and he was brought back and reprimanded. He served actively as a lieutenant, and at twenty-two was made a Post-Captain, and by some called " Our Boy Captain." He was appointed to command the Agamemnon, one of the most wretched sailors among all the seventy-fours, though in reality she was only a sixty-four, yet in her he performed prodigies of valour, so that his ship was feared and respected. The crew, consisting mostly of Norfolk men, were ennobled by the term of " Brave Agamemnons." He was, before his death, the hero of one hundred and twenty-seven fights. So much for this little digression by the way, which must be excused, as I afterwards served under him in the Vanguard.