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ill all directions. They had very large boats, full 

 of men, and the narrator thus describes their 

 appearance: — " As farre as we could judge, they 

 be very little people, tawnie coloured, thin or no 

 beards, and flat nosed, and man eaters." 



They now set about repairing their vessel, and 

 after great exertion partially stopped the leak 

 and succeeded in hanging the rudder; but on 

 getting to sea, out of the ice, they found it neces- 

 sary to keep the pump constantly going. They 

 steered, with a rapid current in their favour, for 

 Newfoundland, and after much suffering and 

 fatigue reached Fogo on the 23d of July. They 

 remained here, refitting and refreshing for about a 

 month, after which they set sail on the 22d of 

 August, and on the 24th of September landed at 

 Dartmouth.* 



HENRY HUDSON — First Voyage. 1607. 



The unfortunate issue of Captain Knight's voy- 

 age does not appear to have in the least discou- 

 raged the merchants of London from persevering 

 in the attempt to discover a nearer passage to Japan 

 and China ; but as hitherto neither the north-east 

 nor the north-west had held out much hope of suc- 

 cess, it was now resolved to try a new route, and 

 to see what could be done by holding a course 

 towards the north pole. For this enterprize they 



* Purchas his Pilgrimes, vol. iii. p. 827. 



