HUDSON. 2G7 



of Cape Collins, had it been correctly recorded, A .n. 



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but there is evidently some error, as the latitude 

 deduced from it is to the southward of the 

 coast line of Spitzbergen. He worked to the 

 northeast all night, but on the morning of the 

 16th he was almost encompassed with ice, the 

 southwest being the only quarter that was free 

 from it. The day was warm and clear, and land 

 was seen in the northeast, extending far into 

 82°, and " by the bowing, or showing of the sky, 

 much further." It is quite evident that Hudson 

 must here have over-estimated the distance of 

 this land, as we, indeed, find he had done on a 

 former occasion, when he stated it to have been 

 seen twenty leagues; whereas, no part of this 

 northern coast of Spitzbergen can be distinguish- 

 ed at much more than half that distance. His 

 latitude also was probably in error, for we know 

 that no part of Spitzbergen reaches the latitude 

 of 81° N., much lessor into 82° N. 



We now come to a passage which has been 

 supposed to apply to the north coast of old 

 Greenland; but there is no difficulty whatever 

 in tracing Hudson up to this point of his pro- 

 ceedings, and it is most clear that he was at 

 this time within sight of the Seven Islands. 

 The passage runs thus : " When I first saw (the 

 land stretching into 82°) I hoped to have had a 



