of July, 1576, to attempt a passage which has baffled a the skill, energy, and devotion of later times. After a stormy voyage Frobiser sighted high and rugged land, with great store of ice ahmg the coast, xhich he judged to be tile Friesland described by the Venetian hrothers Zcni at the end of the fourteenth century. In reality it was the east coast of (;teenland, near Cape Farewell. Here the pinnace was lost with four men. The Michael deserted her consort a,,d ;vent home; but Frobiser, in the little Gabriel, continued his westward course. He crossed what vas afterwards called 1)avis' Strait, and sighted "Queen Elizabeth's Forlaurie" on the th of July. Ou this voyage Frobiser discovered the deep bay, long called a strait, which bears his name. He returned in Aumt, 1596, bringlug home a shining piece of stone, frown which the gold-finders "promised great matters." This was fortunate, for it led to the dispatch of two more expeditions under Frobiser. It often happens that such searches for "E1 Dorado," l'rester John, or even for ores existing only in the imaginations of assayers, lead to important geoaphical discoveries, or, at all events, to voyages being mdertaken which form an admirable nursery for seamen; "which thmt, s, says [r. George Igest most truly, are of so great importance as, beiug well wayed, may seem to countervail the adventurers chaa't, es.

Frobiser's second expedition consisted o three vessels--the .,id of fi00 tons, with the commander o the expetlition hinself on board; lieutenant, George Igest; master, Christopher Hall; and mate, Charles Jackman. The Gabricl was commanded by Captain Edwtrd Fenton, and the Michacl by Gilbert Yorke. Sailing on the h of [ay, 1577, they anchored in Kirkwall Bay to send home lette., and sighted the coast supposed to be Friesland on the 4th of July. Proceeding onward to the land discovered in the previous year, a more careful survey was made of Frobiser's (Strait) Bay: the names of Yorke and Jackman were given to souuds, and that of the master, Christopher Hall, to an island. During this second voyage only one man was lost.

Ou Frobiser's return it was found that the assayers and goldsmiths had hccome more excited than ever over the worthless, though glittering, bits of mica, and adventurers were ready to equip a large fleet to seek for more. The queen named tile country discovered by Frobiser "Mcta Incognita," and, in the spring of 1578, that valorous commander found himself at the bead of an