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A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN. 
much obstructed with ice, then crossed the mouth of 
Hudson's Strait into Ungava Bay, and worked his way 
round the coast of the continent into James's Bay, 
where he wintered. On November 21 his crew 
mutinied, and he and a few others were turned adrift 
in a small boat. Nothing more was heard of them. 
In 1612, Sir Thomas Button, accompanied by Bylot 
and Prickett, explored portions of Southampton Island 
and Hudson's Bay, and wintered there without any 
material injury to the crew. In 1615, Bylot and 
Baffin passed Mill Island in Hudson's Strait, and traced 
the north-east coast of Southampton Island, from Sea- 
Horse Point to Cape Comfort. Baffin suggested that 
the North-West Passage should be sought off Davis' 
Strait, not through Hudson's Strait. Accordingly, in 
his next voyage, in 1616, also in company with Bylot, 
he passed Hope Sanderson on May 30, and was stopped 
by the ice in Horn Sound, 74° N. When the ice per¬ 
mitted, he kept on north, passing by Cape Dudley 
Digges in 76° 35' N., Walstenholme Sound, Whale 
Sound in 77° 30' N., and Hakluyt's Island. He pro¬ 
ceeded a little north of this, and saw a large sound 
stretching away north, which he named Smith’s Sound. 
He then turned south, following the west side of Baffin's 
Bay. He saw Cary Islands, Jones's Sound, and Lan¬ 
caster Sound, which was blocked up by ice (July 12). 
