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 expedition consisting of no less than fifteen vessels. As his companions we again find Fenton, Yorke, and Best, besides others not unknown to naval fame, Carew, Courtenay, Newton, Kendal, Kinnersley. Edward Sellman was the historian of the third voyage.

Much experience in ice navigation was acquired during this third voyage. Frobiser himself landed on the coast of Greenland. which he still called Friesland, and obtained some dogs from the natives — the first communication with Greenland Eskimos since the days of the Norsemen. He called some high land near Cape Farewell "Charing Cross." Jackman, who was chief pilot of the fleet, succeeded in guiding the ships through all the perils of floes and icebergs in the strait, though Captain Fenton was beset for twenty days and in great danger. The "Meta Incognita" was further explored in several directions; and a small house was built on an island named after the Countess of Warwick. The American explorer Hall discovered its remains in July, 1861. The ships returned home, and by that time it had been ascertained that the glittering stones were rubbish. The most distinguished of the ice navigators, Frobiser and Fenton, did good service ten years afterwards at the repulse of the Spanish Armada.

Charles Jackman, who had served as a pilot in two of Frobiser's voyages, continued his Arctic work. It was resolved once more to attempt the north-east passage, and two little vessels set out in the spring of 1580, named the George and the William, under the command of Arthur Pet and Charles Jackman. Mr. Hugh Smith wrote the account of their gallant but ill-fated enterprise. Doubling the North Cape on the 22nd of June, they parted company off Kegor to rendezvous at Waigatsch. They attempted to enter the Kara Sea, but were stopped by the ice, and in returning westward they again parted company. The George returned to the Thames in November. The William wintered on the coast of Norway and, sailing for England in February, 1581, was never again heard of.

This was nearly the last attempt by the north-east, but an interest was maintained in the north-west passage by such eloquent appeals as the 'Discourse' of Sir Humphrey Gilbert, and the 'Hydrographical Description' of John Davis.

Uniting the qualities of a daring seaman and a skilful pilot to those of a scientific scholar, Davis was, in some respects, one of the most notable of Queen Elizabeth's marine worthies. He was a