WILLIAM SCORESBY, THE YuUNGER. 
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of whom all trace had long been lost. Although his search for them 
was fruitless, he never ceased to believe that some descendants of that 
hardy race still existed in the region which he was unable to reach. 
His faith was not altogether without warrant, as he did discover 
several domestic implements which indicated European knowledge ; 
amongst others a ]jiece of unicorn's horn, bearing marks of a drill, 
and a wooden coffin, neither of which could properly, in his judg- 
ment, be ascribed to an unenlightened people. 
After the " Baffin " left Greenland, Mr. Scoresb)' surveyed the 
coast line for 400 miles direct, but if the bends of the coast are taken 
into account, probably twice that distance was actually measured. 
He mapped and named the whole of the coast, using at least fifty 
different stations, and his map bears the names which he gave to the 
various sounds, bays, and headlands. Soon afterwards the govern- 
ment sent out an expedition to examine the same coast, Mr. Scoresby 
having in the meantime published his own results, but although there 
was practically no difference in the results of the two investigators, 
Mr. Scoresby's work was ignored when the official report was printed. 
Eeturniug to England he found that his wife was dead. 
It was in 1822 that he compiled his Seaman's Prayer Book. In 
1824, whilst staying in Edinburgh, he made the acquaintance of Sir 
Walter Scott, but declined to meet him at dinner on Sunday. Clearly 
this touch of self-denial was somewhat of a trial to him, as he 
acknowledges that ' in this instance the privation was greater than 
on any previous occasion.' 
Mr. Scoresby's last voyage was not a commercial success, nor 
was much added by it to scientific knowledge. In fact his Arctic 
work was coming to a close. He had settled, after much meditation, 
that his real work, the one to which he was called, was the Christian 
ministry, and he determined to qualify himself for its requirements. 
He entered himself at Cambridge as a ten years' man. The principal 
difficulty was want of knowledge in Latin and Greek. His friend, 
Archdeacon Wrangham, advised him to go and study with a countiy 
clergyman near York ; this he did, and in 1823 his name was entered 
at Christ's College, Cambridge. A letter, written to Archdeacon 
Wrangham about this time, refers to his having relinipiished an 
