ch. xin] Greenland Voyage of Hall and Baffin 1 13 
mica for silver ore. A new expedition was fitted out in 
1606 under Goolske Lindenow, with Hall again as pilot 
and mate. It consisted of the same three vessels and 
two others, the Omen and Gilliflower. This was a mere 
search for imaginary silver ore, but in 1607 the Trost 
went again to try to find Eriksfjord, but did nothing 
without Hall. Again several Eskimos were kidnapped 
with their kayaks and brought back to Denmark. In a 
race at Elsinore these men easily beat the Danish boats, 
but they did not long survive captivity. 
Christian IV then gave up his attempts to find the 
lost colony, and James Hall returned to England, eager 
to embark once more on discoveries in the direction of 
Greenland, and full of projects respecting silver ore and 
other mineral wealth 1 . He had with him a faithful young 
follower, a Scarborough lad named William Huntriss, who 
had accompanied him in all his voyages, and was so 
proficient a navigator that King Christian had granted 
him a special allowance. 
Hall succeeded in persuading four great merchant 
adventurers to aid him in a voyage of discovery to 
Greenland in 1612. His partners were Sir Thomas Smith, 
Sir James Lancaster, Sir William Cockayne, and Master 
Richard Bell. Two small vessels were fitted out at Hull, 
the Patience (140 tons) and Heartsease (60 tons). 
That great seaman and scientific observer William 
Baffin first appears in history as pilot on board Hall's 
ship, the Patience, an experienced seaman in the prime of 
life. I have been baffled in all my attempts to discover 
even a single fact respecting his birth-place and early 
history. Every parish register in London and the suburbs 
was searched, and only six persons of the name of Baffin 
were found 2 . We find that a daughter of a William Baffin 
1 In 1881 I first drew attention to a manuscript Report to the King 
of Denmark in the British Museum, with 4 maps (21 leaves, small 4to). It 
was printed for the first time in the Hakluyt Society's volumes on Danish 
Expeditions. Probably when Hall left Denmark he did not send it in, 
but took it with him and presented it to James I. 
3 This search was undertaken by the kindness of the late Colonel 
Chester. In the Parish Register of St Margaret's, Westminster, Richard, 
son of John Baffin, was baptised on Sept. 30th, 1603, Joseph, Elizabeth, 
and William Baffin died of the plague in 1609, and Margaret Baffin, a child! 
was buried on June 8th, 1612. In the Register of the church of St Thomas 
Apostle, in the City, there is one entry of the name : Susan, daughter of 
William Baffin, was baptised on 15th Oct. 1609. This church was burnt in 
the great fire, and was not rebuilt. 
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