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where he was highly commended of all men for 

 his great and notable attempt, but specially 

 famous for the great hope he brought of the pas 

 sage to Cataya.&quot; 



In addition to the first Eskimo to visit England 

 and the &quot;great hope of the passage to Cataya,&quot; 

 some of Frobisher s Company &quot;brought flowers, 

 some green grass ; and one brought a piece of black 

 stone much like to a sea coal in colour, which by 

 the weight seemed to be some kind of metal or 

 mineral.&quot; The friends and acquaintances of 

 travellers in Frobisher s days, responded to the 

 marks of their modern descendents, &quot;for being 

 demanded of sundry his friends what thing he had 

 brought them home out of that country, he had 

 nothing left to present them withal but a piece of 

 this black stone.&quot; &quot;And it fortuned a gentle 

 woman one of the adventurers wives to have a 

 piece thereof, which by chance she threw and 

 burned in the fire, so long, that at the length being 

 taken forth, and quenched in a little vinegar, it supposed 

 glistered with a bright marquesset of gold. ( 

 Whereupon the matter being called in some 

 question, it was brought to certain Goldfiners in 

 London to make assay thereof, who gave out that 

 it held gold, and that very richly for the quantity.&quot; 



In this way &quot;the lure of gold&quot; was drawn 

 across the pathway of the first and, perhaps, the 

 most promising of the would-be Discoverers of 

 the Northwest Passage. 



Frobisher s second expedition with three ships, 



and his third expedition with fifteen ships, were Expedition 



