. Sadlier's excelsior studies in the history of the United States, for schools. r Walter was on fire. On another occasion, Sir Walter was conversing with the queen on the variousproperties of tobacco, and he assured her that he could tell the exact weight of smokein any quantity consumed. The incredulous queen dared him to a wager. Havingaccepted it, Raleigh weighed the tobacco, smoked it, and then having carefullyweighed the ashes, stated the difference. The queen laughingly acknowledged thathe had won, and added that she had before heard of turning gold into smoke, buthe was the first who ha
. Sadlier's excelsior studies in the history of the United States, for schools. r Walter was on fire. On another occasion, Sir Walter was conversing with the queen on the variousproperties of tobacco, and he assured her that he could tell the exact weight of smokein any quantity consumed. The incredulous queen dared him to a wager. Havingaccepted it, Raleigh weighed the tobacco, smoked it, and then having carefullyweighed the ashes, stated the difference. The queen laughingly acknowledged thathe had won, and added that she had before heard of turning gold into smoke, buthe was the first who had turned smoke into gold. t On his way, he touched at Ireland, where he left some potato plants, the firstever seen in Europe. X The English were at this time putting forward all their resources to repel theinvasion of the Spanish Armada; but Raleigh, by sreat exertions, sent White backwith supplies the following year (158)^). The latter, however, delayed on the way. 46 EXCELSIOR HISTORY. character of the tribe, in which the English and Indianraces seem to have been DESERTED COLOirr OF ROA-NOKB. 10, The season being late, White, fearful of the stormswhich, he knew, prevailed on the coast at that period, re-turned to England. Raleigh, for a long time, cherished thehope of finding the lost colonists; and it is said that, at hisown expense, he five different times sent persons in search ofthem; but no traces could be found. At length, discouragedby failure, he transferred his patent to the London Company. 11. At the close of the sixteenth century, there was nota single English town in any part of America. The onlypermanent settlements were St. Augustine and Santa F6,both Spanish Catholic missions. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF REMARKABLE PERSONAGES MENTIONED IN THEPRECEDING SECTION. Balboa, Vasco Nunez de (1475-1517), a Spaniard of noblelineage but small fortune, who came to the New World in circumstances contributed to make iiim governor of the newsettlement of
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