daring--the l;asques,' on tile banks of Newf. undland, in early

('olumifian maps. If. however. legend and vague rep.ts a to be credited. two very noteworthy wyages were perfirmed by dwellers in the British Isles bout this date.

The first was that of Robert Maclmm, to Madein. in 1344, or thereabouts. The stotV which has accumulated a suspicious amount of detail, goes as follows Macham was greatly in l.ve with you!ig girl of rauk and beauty, Atmc Dorset. His l.vc was returned, but the lady's family was against the rimtriage, and hv its influence obtained the arrest of Macham, till Anne could bc married to t husband of quality. When this, much against the htdy's will. hd been accomplished, M;tchan was set free. Furious at his wrongs. he determined t. ctrrv her off, and in his project ohtaincd aid from several. Ame and her husband were tracked to Bristol, where Olle of [achltnt's friends, insinuating himself into the household of the uewly ntarried couple, found the bride inconsolable. Measures were concerted for her abduction. She was to ride out with the friend, as groom, to take the air: and i)y this pretext she escaped to the sho of the Bristol ('h;mnel. where boat lay adv. This carried her on board ship, and the re-united lovers forthwith put to sea, anxious to gin France, nd fearful of vengeance or pursuit. They stood down the Cornish coast, when a violent wind set in, which swept thent out to sea. lLtving no compass, being unused to mtvigate the ocean, the mariners knew not whither they sailed. For thirteen days they drove before the tempest on stormy sea, ilnabdning that heaven was wroth with them I'or their misdeeds.

At last, on the fourteenth day, the se fell, md an island stood up before them from the water)' expanse. The sun shone upon primeval fists'; the trees were strange and new to them; alien birds fluttered fearlessly about their rigging, yet there was no trace of nmn. They f. rthwith lowered boat, and proceeded to and. The slmre was high :uid craggy, but they found t convenient lainling

Wins,r. ' Ilist. ,,f Areerich,' i. 74, credits the early i,reence l' the Basques upon lhe hanks: tin,ugh l'r. wsc,' !listo T of Newfiamdland,'-17, does n-t believe il their voyages to Newfi,mdlalld, whilst he al,i)ea to think that they saile, I , Greenland. Machim, acctn'ding tt, the Ma,leim traditi, m. Tayhn', E., 'Ma,k. ira' (Lon,hm, lsl;), p. 141. The lady is als called Alllla l'Xrl[. Machim or Machin is a good West-c,untry name, and a Macham has been Mawn' of lH,ucester. It w,uhl I,e w,rth

while t examine genealogies t, ce whether lb,heft 3[:lchall call be tracl. St, fir ]row" been unahlc tt, lind him.