Hatorash on the 15th of August, and went to the place where the colony had been left in 15. All was desolation. At length he fomld the word "Cruatoan" carved on a post. It was the name of the place whither the settlers had gone or had been taken. No effort was made to communicate with them, and the ships returned to England. Ralegh had now spent �40,000 on the work of colonising Virginia. Iu 160 '). he again sent a vessel to succour the lost colony, trader Captain William Mace, but she returned without reaching Roanoak. The colonists intermixed with the natives, and were finally massacred hy order of Kiug ]'owhatan, instigated by his priests. Four men, two boys, and one yomlg uaid were spared, and from thein the Hatteras Indiaus were descended.

Although the first colouy was mffortunate, the patriotic efforts of Ralegh were, without doubt, the incentives to future colonisation. He aroused the spirit of colonial enterprise, and thus planted a sturdy tree, which bore h'uit even in his own lifetime. The people of the United States must look to Sir Walter Ialegh as the original founder of their nation, and they could not have a nobler nor a purer orifidn. For Sir Valter's connection with Virginia is a monument of patriotic self-sacrifice; and that his great uerits are not forgotten was shown when a window to his memory was placed by Americaus in St. Margaret's Church, Vestminster.

Sir Valter Ialegh turned his attention to the discovery of Guiana in 1594. In that year he sent Captain Jacoh Vhiddon ou a preliminary voyage of discove W, but XVhiddon was thwarted by the Spanish Governor of Trinidad, and returned. Meanwhile, I-talegh himself made an exhaustive study of the suhject. He derived his kuowledge of Peru and the Incm h'om Gomara; he had studied Andrew Thevet and Diego de Ordas. and he knew the particulars of the voyages dowu the Amazon 1,y Orellamt and Aguirre. He had heard of the discoyew of gold in the Orinoco hasiu. of E1 Dorado, and of the fabulous city of 5Ianoa. He obtained the services of such experienced sealhen as Captains 5Vhiddon, Keylnis, ('antield, Gifibrd, and l)owglas: and he was accompanied by a nulnber of gallant young gentlemen volunteers, some of them being his own relations. Johu Gilbert was his nephew, Greynvile and Gorges were cousins. Leaving England on the 9th of February, 1595, with five ships, with the object of exploring the Orinoco, the expeditiou arrived at the island of Trinidad on the 29nd of March, anchoring at Parico within the Gulf of Paria.