l608. HENRY HUDSON. 1S3 



little bark for his return home, and passing Bear 

 or Cherry Island arrived safely in the Thames on 

 the L5th of September.* 



HENRY HUDSON — Seco7icl Voyoge. 1608. 



Being baffled by the ice in his attempt to pass 

 to the northward of Spitzbergen, Hudson was now 

 directed to try his success in the discovery of a 

 north-east passage to the East Indies. His crew, on 

 this second voyage, was increased to fourteen men. 

 On the 22d of April he dropped down the river, 

 and on the 3d of June got sight of the North 

 Cape; and it is deserving of remark, that, in the 

 course of this passage, he made three observations 

 with a dipping-needle, wdiich he calls the incli- 

 natory, the first in lat. 64° 5'^ gave ST of incli- 

 nation; in lat. 67° it was 82°; and in lat. 69° 40' 

 the needle inclined 84°. Having stood to the north- 

 east till he reached the lat. 74" 30' the inclination 

 of the needle was found to be 86°. In 73° 29' 

 Hudson first fell in with the ice and attempted to 

 pass through it, but found it so thick and firm 

 after proceeding four or five leagues, that it was 

 thought prudent to return,^ which was effected 

 with a few rubs of the ship against the ice. From 

 the 9th to the 15th of June little progress was 

 made on account of the ice and fog. On the 



* Purchas, vol. iii. p. 57^* 

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