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a.d. ice, had failed him, and there being* a heavy sea 

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still running towards it, his vessel was unmanage- 

 able, and in the utmost peril. But a westerly 

 wind springing up at a fortunate moment, he es- 

 caped uninjured. " God give us thankfull hearts, 

 for so great a deliverance. 1 ' 



The weather was now very clear, and the ice 

 was seen extending from W.S.W. to N.N.E., 

 showing a bright sky, from which, and his near- 

 ness to the coast of Greenland, Hudson observes 

 that " there is no passage that way, which if 

 there had been, I meant to have made my return 

 by the north of Greenland, to Davis' Straits, 

 and so for England. 1 ' And this is the passage to 

 which I have alluded above. 



The wind now setting in strong at west, Hud- 

 son stretched across to the eastward, and once 

 more made the south promontory of Spitzbergen, 

 and thence sailing to the southeast, made Cherie 

 Island on the 31st July; and on the 1st August, 

 finding the wind was contrary, the fogs very 

 troublesome, many things were wanting on board 

 his vessel, and that " the time was well nigh 

 spent to doe good that year," he ordered the 

 ship to bear away for England, where he arrived 

 on the 15th September. 



This expedition of Master Henry Hudson is 

 one of considerable importance among northern 



