When  the  tempest  was  over,  nothing  could  be  found  of  the
boats  and  the  bark  which  had  been  set  apart  for  the  colony ;
h  and  Drake  yielded  to  the  unanimous  desire  of  Lane  and  his
11  men  to  embark  with  him  for  England.  Thus  ended  the  first  //
actual  settlement  of  the  English  in  America.  The  exiles  of  a
year  had  grown  familiar  with  the  favorite  amusement  of  the
lethargic  Indians ;  and  they  introduced  into  England  the  use
of  tobacco.
A  few  days  after  their  departure  a  vessel  arrived,  laden
with  all  stores  needed  by  the  infant  settlement.  It  had  been  ^
despatched  by  Raleigh  ;  but,  finding  "  the  paradise  of  the
world  "  deserted,  it  could  only  return  to  England.  Another
fortnight  had  hardly  elapsed  when  Sir  Richard  Grenville  ap-.
peared  off  the  coast  with  three  well-furnished  ships,  and  made
search  for  the  departed  colony.  Unwilling  that  the  English
should  lose  possession  of  the  country,  he  left  fifteen  men  on
the  island  of  Roanoke.
The  decisive  testimony  of  Hariot  to  the  excellence  of  the
country  rendered  it  easy  to  collect  recruits  for  America.
