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32 There was beides thee four Expeditions, at the King's Cot, a fifth undertaken, in the ame King's Reign, by a Company ettled in Copenhagen in the Year 1636; of which Company the Preident was the Lord High Chancellor, Chritian Friis, as Lycander informs us. Two Ships, fitted out by this Company, directing their Coure to the Wetward of Greenland, fell in with the Strait of Davis, where they traded, for a while, with the Savages: But this was not the main Concern of the Commander, who was acquainted with a Coat, whoe Sand had the Colour and Weight of Gold, which he accordingly and not mis; and filled both their Ships with the ame. After their Return to Copnhagen, the Goldmiths were ordered to make a Trial, whether this Sand would yield any Gold, or no; who not being killful enough to make uch a Trial, condemned it to be all thrown over Board; which was done by Order of the High Chancellor, Preident of the Company. Some Part of the aid Sand was yet kept, out of Curioity; out of which an