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coast about the latitude of 54°, aud arrived in 

 England in October. The North Star of 10 tons 

 burden, one of the vessels sent to the eastvv'ard of 

 Greenland, parted from her consort in a stonn on 

 the 3d of September, and w^as never afterwards 

 heard of. Though this voyage was productive of 

 no discovery of any consequence, yet Davis was 

 sent out again the next year (1587) with three 

 vessels. They proceeded as before along the west 

 coast of Greenland, but to a greater extent, ha- 

 ving had an observation in latitude 72° 12'. This 

 land, lying on the east side of the strait now called 

 Davis' Strait, they named the Londo7i Coast. 

 From hence, the wind shifting to the northward, 

 they stretched across the strait to the westward, 

 got entangled among ice, and made their way 

 through it to the southward. After again sailing 

 up Cumberland Strait as far as before, they went 

 across the mouth of the strait discovered by Fro- 

 bisher, which they named Lumley'^ Inlet, and 

 passed a headland called by them If^artvick's Fore- 

 land ; then crossing a large gulf forming the en- 

 trance of the strait afterwards sailed through by 

 Hudson, they came to the southermost cape of the 

 gulf lying in latitude 61° 10', to which they ap- 

 plied the name of Cape Chidley. Soon afterwards 

 they returned to England. 



A passage to India and China by the north-east, 

 presenting many apparent advantages, the Dutch. 



