ships. At the age of twenty he made his first long voyage to the NVest Iudies, with his uncle NVilliam, aud displayed both boldness and sagacity. One of the ships had becu reported to be uusea- worthy, and it had been arranged that the stores should be taken out of her and that she shouhl be sunk. But young Richard wlunteered, with as many meu as would stand by him. to take her home. From his return iu 1583 to 15 he was constantly employed, and he commanded the Scalloc in the fleet which defeated the Spanish Armada.

At the end of the same year, with the consent aud help of his father, he prepared for a voyage to India hy way of the Strait of Magellan aud the South Sea, with the intention of discovering and exploring unknown htnds, and reporting upon their inhahitants, govermneuts, and the commodities they yielded. With this objet he caused a ship to be built in the Thames, "pleasing to the eye, pt'ofitMle for stowage, good for sayle, and well-conditioned." His step-mother asked to be allowed to christen the ship, and named hcr the RQc,ta,ce, saying it was the safest ship we could sail in to purchase the haven of heaven. ut when Queen Elizabeth passed ou her way to Greenwich Palace she ordered her bargemen to w round her, and said that she misliked nothing but the uame. Her majesty christened her anew, and ordered that henceforth she should he called the Dai,t]. She ws a ship of aidout 350 tons. Other duties delayed the voyage, and meanwhile the Daittl] was employed in the qneen's service; hut in April, 15)3, 16chard Hawkins sailed on his daring enterprise. He was then iu his thirtieth year, with several years' experience as a sea-captaiu. observant and eager to adopt every improvement, aua paying close attention to each detail of his work. The most important event in his voyage across the Atlantic was the sighting of land on the nd of February, 1594, in 50' S., and ahout fifty leagues from the Strait of lagellan. He called it" Hawkyns's 5Iaiden land," not heing aware that it had already been discovered i,y Johu l)avis in 15.

Ou the 10th of February, Richard Itawkyns entered the Strait of 5Iagcllan. He described the appearance of the htnd, the difibmnt birds met with, and those avaihthle for fresh fd, and prepared useful sailing directions throughout. ttis was the miud of au observant explorer. He also enriched his narrative with valuable suggestions respecting the sheathiug of ships' bottoms' aud the