Cavendish, the future circunmavigator, Arundel, Raymond, Stukeley, and Yincent. Sailing on the 5th of April, 1585, Grcynvile touched at Puerto Rico and Isabela, on the north coast of St. Domingo. Passing along the mainland of Florida, he anchored at Vocoken (now called Ocracoke Inlct) )11 the 21;th of June; but one of his ships went ou shore and was lost. In exploring the country, Greynvile crossed the south part of Pamlico Sound, and visited three towns called Ponteick, Aguascogoc, and Lecoto, where he was well rcccived The phm ws, that snmll colony shouhl remain under the command of Rall,h Lane, and that Sir Rich;rd Greynvile should return home with the ships. He reached Plymouth on the 18th of October, having during tbc voyage captured richly laden Spanish ship of 300 tons. ][c boarded her in a boat made of the boards of chests, and the fragile craft went to pieces as he and his men sprang up the ship's side.

The colony under Ralph Lane was to remain and explore the mainland. There were with him Capt,ain lqfilip Amadas, the learned Thomas Heriot, Courtcnay, Strafford, Acton, Marmsduke Constable--all historic names--and a hundred men. They made the best use of their time, and Heriot studied the resources of the country, especially the vegetable products, and wrote an important work on the subject, which was of great use to futm'e colonists. In June, 1586, Sir Francis Drake arrived with a fleet, and offbred to supply the settlers with provisions; but they decided to return home. Meanwhile, Ralegh had sent out supplies to the colony in a vessel of 100 tons. Not finding the settlers, site returned to Enghnd. Sir Richard Greynvile also came out with three well-appointed vessels, and, failing to find the settlers, he also returned. He, however, left fifteen men at Roanoak, with provisions for two years.

In 1587, Ralegh obtained a charter for the "Governor and Assistants of the city of RMegh in Virginia." Hc fitted out a ship of 1 tons, a fly-boat, and a l,innace, and sent out colony of one hundred and fifty souls, under the lcadership of J,,hn Vhite, with Simon Fernando as pilot. They re;whed Hatorash on the 2�nd of July, but found no signs of the fourteen men left by Sir ]tichard Grcyuvile. A cohmy was landed, consisting of ninety-one men, sevcntcen wonten, and nine boys; and Jolm Vhite went back to England for supplies. But it was not until the 20th of March, 1590, that he was able to return with three vessels. lie hmdcd