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they saw a great number of whales. They now made 

 their course north-west, the wind preventing them from 

 sailing more to the north, and here they first fell in with 

 the icebergs. At the end of June they saw an island, per- 

 haps Resolution Island. Hudson would still have sailed 

 more to the north, but the wind would not permit ; so he 

 went south of the island, and found the current setting 

 to the west. They entered the stream, and were carried 

 north west, until they fell in with ice, which was attached 

 to the shore. Hudson then kept to the south and west 

 again, through floating ice, upon which they found 

 numerous seals. They now had a clear sea, and sailed 

 until they again encountered icebergs, and floating 

 pieces of ice, keeping north-west. They saw an ice- 

 berg overturn, and took warning from it not to approach 

 too near them in future ; yet they were soon obliged to 

 take shelter between two masses, owing to a storm, and 

 there lie snug. 



On the cessation of the storm, they stood on, as they 

 found it clear enough of ice around them to venture. 

 Their course lay with the ice, and whenever it permitted 

 them to make a passage they moved with it, though 

 still enclosed. Hudson, trying to get clear of it by 

 steering south, found the more he tried the worse they 

 were off, until he could go no further. Here the navi- 

 gator himself was in despair, thinking they should never 

 get out of it. He, therefore, brought out his chart, and 

 showed the crew that they had sailed a hundred leagues 

 further than any of their countrymen had gone before, 

 and left it to them to say whether they should proceed 

 further or not. Some seem to have replied one way 

 and some another, but there was evidently much growl- 

 ing and discontent among them. After much labor they 

 got clear, and shaped their course north and north-west- 

 It is most probable that the commander, seeing the di- 



