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04 DISCOVERIES OF l6l4. 



tlicy " found divers places where the Danes had 

 digged ; it was a kinde of shining stone, which, 

 when our goldsmith, James Carlile, had tried, it 

 was found of no vahie, and had no mettall at all 

 in it; but was like unto IVluscovie studde, and of a 

 glittering colour." From hence they proceeded to 

 Ramelsford, w^iich lies in lat. 67^ Here the new 

 master, Andrew Barker, and the merchant, Mr. 

 Wilkinson, and others, held a conference about 

 returning home; because, since the murder of 

 Hall, none of the savages w^ould come near to trade 

 Avith them as usual. Accordingly, on the 10th of 

 August, they stood out of the harbour, and on the 

 17th of September they arrived at Hull. 



CAPTAIN GIBBONS. I6l4. 



The reason assigned for Sir Thomas Button not 

 following up the attempt to discover the passage, 

 of the existence of which he was so sanguine, is 

 the death of his patron, Prince Henry, during his 

 absence on the first voyage. But the same ship, 

 the Discovery, which had accompanied the Reso- 

 lution, was again fitted out and victualled for 

 twelve months, and the command of her given to 

 Captain Gibbons, the relation and friend of Sir 

 Thomas Button, wdio had been with him the pre- 

 ceding year. The high character given by Sir 

 Thomas to this officer as a seaman, of whom he 



