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' There is indeed a kind of majesty not to be conveyed 
in words in the extraordinary accumulations of snow 
and ice in the valleys, and in the peaks rising above 
the ordinary elevation of the clouds and terminating in 
crests of everlasting snow. Approaching the shore under 
shelter of the impenetrable density of a summer fog, 
sometimes the mist disperses like the drawing of a curtain, 
when the strong contrast of light and shade, heightened 
by a cloudless atmosphere and powerful sun, bursts on 
the senses in a brilliant exhibition resembling the pro- 
duction of magic/' 
But these beautiful scenes were not the only attrac- 
tion. Around them they noted the vast flocks of birds, 
the numerous seals and walrus, and the great abundance 
of whales. Hudson had discovered a source of wealth 
which served to enrich two countries in the ensuing 
centuries. 
In the end of July, Hudson decided on bearing up 
for his return to England. He passed Cherry or Bear 
Island on the 1st August, and a few days afterwards 
another important discovery was made. A lofty peak 
was seen, rising out of the sea to a height of 5836 feet. 
It is on an island about 30 miles long by 10 broad, 
in 71 0 N., and is now known to be the lofty termination 
of a submarine volcanic range running out N.E. from 
Iceland. Hudson gave the island the name of Hudson's 
Touches 1 . The north-eastern cape was named Young's 
Foreland, doubtless because the peak was first sighted 
by that sharp-eyed look-out man James Young ; and 
another cape, almost exactly in 71 0 N., was named 
Point Hudson. This island has since, without any 
justification, been called Jan Mayen. 
After leaving Hudson's Touches the little Hopewell 
put into the Faroes on the 15th August, and on the same 
day in September she arrived in the Thames. It is not 
recorded whether Hudson again took his crew to St Ethel- 
burga's church to offer up a thanksgiving, but it is more 
than probable. Thus ended this memorable voyage. 
1 Purchas, in, p. 464, reprinted by Asher in his Hudson's Voyages, 
p. 146. Among some protests of the Muscovy Company against Dutch 
encroachments, in the State Paper Ofhce, there is one by a Captain 
Millworth in which Hudson's Touches is mentioned. 
