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content of a part of his crew, ended the conference and 

 took his own course. He still seems to have relied 

 upon his own resources and courage, and to have con- 

 tinued to pursue the object of his voyage, sometimes 

 environed by the ice, yet often in a clear sea. He found 

 a harbor among some islands, which he named the " Isles 

 of God's Mercy/' Here some of the crew went on shore. 

 They saw a bay to the north, with a large iceberg 

 aground, which afterwards floated away. They took in 

 drift-wood, which they found cast up on the shore. 



After a good deal of sailing to the south and north- 

 west, and west, and then south, as the intricate naviga- 

 tion required, they stood to the westward in a clear, 

 open sea, and saw three headlands, which Hudson 

 named Prince Henry's Cape, King James's, and Queen 

 Anne's. They now proceeded north to double the head- 

 lands, until they saw the north shore, on which Hudson 

 put about until he made the south land again, but very 

 much to the west of what he expected, owing to a 

 strong current, which arose, no doubt, from the set-in 

 of the tide to the great bay which bears his name. They 

 now saw a hill on the south shore, which they named 

 Mount Charles ; and soon after a cape, which was called 

 Cape Salisbury. Still proceeding along the south shore, 

 they came to an island, distant from the mainland about 

 two leagues, one point of which they named Deepe's 

 Cape, the other Wolstenholme's. At this island the 

 boat was sent on shore to make discoveries. Those in 

 it were overtaken by a storm, but they succeeded in 

 landing and climbing up the rocks, when they came to 

 some level ground, in which they found a herd of deer, 

 but could not get within musket-shot of them. On this 

 island they found plenty of fowl, and some excellent 

 herbage, also sorrel and scurvy grass. They saw some 

 hollow cells of stone, in which they found a quantity of 



