and water, he directed his course to '.Newhmndland. Baffling ;xinds prohinged the voyage, so that the provisions were exhausted, and it was resolved to return to the West Indies. Mona was again reached on the th of November, 1593, but while the captain and a party of men landed to seek for p;isions, the carpenter secretly cut the cable, and the ship drifted away to sea with only five men and a boy on board. Lancaster, with his lieutenant Barker, and the men who had landed. were left on the island. lhu'ing twenty- nine d;ys their only food was the stalks of putslane boiled in water, with a few pmnpkins. At length a French ship c;tme to off the island, and took the unh)rtunate ]'hglishmen on board. Lancaster and Barker were taken home, arriving at lfieppe on the 19th of 5Ia. y, 1594.

It had been arranged by Captain Lancaster that th.nry May, one of the mates, should take a passage home in another ]"rench ship, to report to the owners the proceedings of the Edward Btamcontort and the mutinous condition of her crew. This ship was commanded hy 5I. de la Barbotibre, who made sail northwards from the port of Laguna in Santo Domingo. It appears that the pilot was quite out in his reckoning, and.on the 17th oi' 1)ccemher the ship was rtm on a rock, at about midnight, on the wcstcru reef of liermuda. About twenty-six men, including Henry May, reached the shore on

raft. Luckily the carpenter's tools were saved, and they hogan to

cut down trees, and succeeded in building a small vessel of eighteen tons. Water was stored in two great chests, well caulked, and cured otc on each side of the mahmmst, and the provisions consisted of thirteen live turtles. On the l lth of M:)', 1594, they put to sea and made for the banks of Newfmndland. where a vessel froin Fallnouth took them on board. Henry May's adventures, of which he wrote an interesting narrative, c;Hne to all end when he landed it Fahnouth in August, 1594.

This first English voyage to the East Indies was disastrous. kancaster's next enterprise was of a warlike character, and was aided hy some merchants of London, who fitted out several vessels to attack l'ernamhuco. James Lmcaster was appointed to the command, with his old lieutenant, Edmund Barker, and John Audley of l'oplar as his captains. The expedition was ably and resolutely conducted, and as a complete success. The port of Pernambuco was surprised, taken and held tkr thirty days spite of repeated assaults by the l'ortugue. About thh'tv ships