The expedition sailed from Copenhagen on the 2nd May, 1605, and sighted Greenland on the 30th. The _Trost_ and pinnace sailed on until they came to in the neighbourhood of a cliff which was named Mount Cunningham[60] between headlands which were named Anne and Sophia[61] after the Queen and Queen Dowager of Denmark. This was in the neighbourhood of the modern settlement of Holsteinborg. Hall went on in the pinnace with Knight as far as 69° N. The _Trost_ had anchored in King Christian’s Fjord[62] on the 12th June. The Danes kidnapped five natives, and the _Trost_ and _Katten_ returned safely to Elsinore on the 10th August. Hall was appointed a mate in the Danish Navy, but the thoughts of the Danes had been diverted from the lost colony to the hope of material gain, mistaking the glittering lumps of 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 _Ornen_ 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[63]. 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).