expedition consisting of no less than fifteen vessels. As his com- panions we again find Fenton, Yorke, and Best, besides others not unknown to naval fame, Carew, ('ourtenay, Newton, Kendal, Kinnersley. Edward Sellman was the historian of the third voyage.

Much experience in ice navigation was acquired during this third voyage. Frobiser himself landed on the coast of Greenland. which he still called Friesland, and obtained some dogs from the natives-- the first communication with (4reenland Eskimos siuce the days of the Norsemen. He called some high land near Cape Farewell "Chafing Cross." Jackman, who was chief pilot of the fleet, succeeded in guidiug the ships through all the perils of floes and icebergs in the strait, though Captain Feuton was beset for twenty days and in great danger. The "Meta Iucognita" was further explored in several directions; and a small house was built on an island named after the Countess of hVarwick. The American explorer Hall discovered its remains in July, 1. The ships retro'ned home, and by that time it had 'been ascertained that the glittering stones were rubbish. The most distinguished of the ice navigators, Frobiser and Fenton, did good service ten years after- wards at the repulse of the Spanish Armada.

Charles Jackmau, who had served as a pilot in two of Frobiser's voyages, continued his Arctic work. It was resolved once more to attempt the north-east passage, and two little vessels set out in the spring of 1580, named the fcoryc and the William, under the command of Arthur Pet and Charles Jackman. 5Jr. Hugh ,qmith wrote the account of their gallant but ill-fated enterprise. I)oul,ling the North Cape on the :gnd of June, they parted company off Kegor to rendezvous at 5Vaigatsch. The)' attempted to enter the Kara Sea, but were stopped by the ice, and in returniug westward they agaiu parted company. The Geor:lc returned to the Thames in November. The IVilliam wintered on the coast of Norway and, sailing for England in February, 1581, was never again heard of.

This was nearly the last attempt by the north-east, but an interest was maintained in the north-west passage by such eloquent appeals as the 'l)iscourse' of Sir Humphrey Gilbert, and the ' Hydro'aphical Description ' of John [)avis.

Uniting the qualities of a daring seaman and a skilful pilot to those of a scientific scholar, ])avis was, in some respects, one of the most notable of Queen Elizabeth's marine worthies. He was a