On the same night, being ahead of the Hitd, the ,q'qtirrcl's lights were noticed to have disappeared. The vessel had gone down with all hands. The Hind arrived at Falmouth on the 22nd of ,September. Hakluvl; has preserved the join'hals of four 13ristol ships which made successful sealing voyages to Newfoundland and Cai,e ]3retort in 1593 and 15t34. The mantle of Sir Humphrey (4ilbert fell upon his half-brother, Walter alegh. This illustrious Englishman was the embodiment of all that ;;-as best in the chivah'y, the culture, and the cnteqrise of the Elizabethan age. Born at Hayes, near Sidmouth, in I4alegh was educated at Oxford, and passed six years of his life in }Iuguenot camps in } rance, probably serving in the battles of Jarnac and Mortcontour. He then saw service in Irelaud; and in 15,$2, at the age of thirty, he was received into high fayour hy the queen. His great,tess then began, and in 1584 he leased Durham House in the Strand. He was knighted in 15S5, and became Captain of the Queen's Guard and Lord Warden of the Stannaries in the following year. On the Sth of March, 15, Sir Walter Ralegh received letters patent for the discovery and settlement of the region then vagely known Ks Nontmbega, the coasts of which had been discovered b 5' the English in 14., as shown by the ,nap of Juan de la �'osa. Ralegh first sent two vessels, under .l?hilip Amsalas and Arthur 13arlowe, to proceed to their destination by way of the West Indies, and thus avoid the storms of the Nortit Atlantic. They sailed on the 27th of April, 1584. touched at the Canaries and at one of the West India islands, and. on the 18th of Juls', landed on a low and sandy beach. and took possession. The country received the name of Yirginia, in honour of the great queen, but the spot where they landed is in North Carolina. They found a broad, wooded island, with great abundance of wild grapes. Seven leagues farther on was the village of Roanoak, consisting of a hundred houses cf cedar. A banquet was given them by the king, and they returned to England with two natives. Ralegh's second expedition was on a larger scale. It was com- manded by the renowned Sir Richard Greyuvile, and consisted of five vessels--the Ti(lcr, of 140 tons, the Lions, of 100 tons, the Elizctbeth, of 50 tons, the Doroth!/, a small barque, and the fly-boat .Iocbuclc.

Among tile volunteers were Ralph Lane, the �ovenor of Kerry,