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 CLARAC CLARENDON 631 crossed it without knowing that it was the stream of which they were in search. Pro- ceeding north, they reached Kano, a consider- able town, from which proceeding west they arrived again at Sackatoo. Here he was de- tained for more than a year by the jealousy of the native king and the intrigues of the pasha of Tripoli, until he fell a victim to dysentery. (See LANDEE.) CLARAC, Charles Otlion Frederic Jean Baptiste, count, a French antiquary and artist, born in Paris, June 16,' 1777, died in 1847. Having emigrated with his family, he served for some time in the army of the prince of Conde, and afterward entered a Russian regiment ; but his leisure hours were devoted to the study of natural philosophy and the fine arts. Availing him'self of the amnesty granted under the con- sulate, he returned to France, and being chosen tutor to the children of KingMurat, he repaired to Naples in 1808. During his stay there he superintended the excavations at Pompeii, the results of which he described in his Fouilles faites cl Pompei. After the downfall of Mu- rat he returned to France, and soon afterward went with the French embassy to Brazil. On his return to Paris he was appointed successor to Visconti as keeper of the museum of anti- quities of the Louvre. He published a cata- logue of the museum, and a Manuel de VMs- toire de Vart chez les anciens (3 vols. 12mo, 1830-'47) ; but his best work is the Musee de sculpture antique et moderne (6 vols. large 8vo, with a folio atlas, 1825-'52), completed after his death, to which he devoted his fortune. CLARE, a central county of the southern pen- insula of Michigan, drained by Maskegon and Assemoqua rivers and their branches; area, about 650 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 366. The sur- face is mostly covered with forests, and di- versified with small lakes. The western divi- sion of the Flint and Pere Marquette railroad is to touch the S. part. The estimated value of farm productions in 1870 was $8,808 ; of live stock, $3,035. Capital, Farwell. CLARE, a county in the west of Ireland, province of Munster, bordering on the Atlantic and the counties Galway, Tipperary, Limerick, and Kerry; area, 1,294 sq. m. ; pop. in 1871, 147,994, of whom 144,589 were Catholics. It has an extensive coast line, and is rich in natural resources. Its mineral deposits are numerous ironstone, coal, iron ore, lead, cop- per pyrites, manganese, black marble, slate and flag quarries, lime, and sand. Although deficient in water, and with a rugged surface, there is abundance of pasturage among the hills ; while on the banks of the Shannon, which forms its southern boundary, and other spots, in which surface waters occasionally collect, there is much fine soil. Corn and provisions are the staple products, and coarse linens and woollens are made for home use. Among the numerous ancient remains of the county are round towers, the abbey built by Turlogh O'Brien in 1306 at Ennis, and the abbey of Quin, built of black marble, in the 13th century. Capital, Ennis. CLARE, John, an English poet, born at Help- stone, July 13, 1793, died at Northampton, May 19, 1864. He was the son of a poor far- mer, and enjoyed very few advantages of early education. He began to write verses at the age of 13, but it was not till 1818 that he at- tracted public attention by the publication of his "Collection of Original Trifies." This led to the publication in 1820 of a volume of poems, with a brief biographical introduc- tion, and bearing the title of " Poems Descrip- tive of Rural Life and Scenery, by John Clare, a Northamptonshire Peasant," which was receiv- ed with general favor by the pu-blic and the re- views. In a short time numerous gifts of from 10 to 100 were bestowed upon him, and finally an annuity of 45. He married the daughter of a neighboring farmer, whom he had celebrated in several small poems. He pub- lished in 1821 "The Village Minstrel and other Poems," which was followed by the "Shep- herd's Calendar and other Poems," and the " Rural Muse," which appeared in 1836. These contained some poems of rare beauty. He often described with peculiar force the im- pression made upon the mind by the sight of lovely objects in nature. His prosperity did not continue long oi'ter this. He fell into pe- cuniary embarrassment, and amid increasing difficulties sank into a state of despair and mild lunacy. He was for many years in a private asylum at Northampton. See "Life and Re- mains of John Clare," by J. L. Cherry (Lon- don, 1873). CLARE9IONT, a toAvn of Sullivan co., N. II., on the Connecticut river, 48 m. W. by N. of Concord ; pop. in 1870, 4,053. The Ver- mont Central and the Concord, Claremont, and Contoocook railroads pass through it. There is good water power at this point, and the town contains three cotton and two wool- len mills, a national bank with a capital of $151,000, several churches, and three weekly newspapers. The Stevens high school in 1871 had 4 teachers and 85 students. Paran Ste- vens of New York bequeathed $50,000 to this institution in 1872. CLAREMONT, a palace near Windsor, Eng- land, assigned in 1816 to the princess Charlotte, on her marriage with Prince Leopold of Saxe- Coburg, who after her death in 1817 remained in possession of it, residing there till his acces- sion to the Belgian tbrone, July 21, 1831. In February, 1848, he placed it at the disposal of Louis Philippe, who resided there with his family till his death in 1850, and his widow, Marie Amelie, died there in 1866. After the death of Leopold in 1865, the palace became again the property of the English crown. CLARENDON, an E. central county of South Carolina, bounded N. E. by Lynch's creek, S. W. by the Santee river, and intersected by Black river and its tributaries ; area, 700 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 14,038, of whom 9,366 were