Striking the American coast at Nova Scotia, Hudson skirted the shores of Maine and Cape Cod and next reached the mouth of Chesapeake Bay, and, turning northward, passed the coast of Maryland and entered Delaware Bay. Again standing northward, on the 2d of September he sighted the highlands of Navesinck, " a very good land to fall in with and a pleasant land to see," and on the following day he rounded Sandy Hook and entered the lower bay. Hudson spent ten days in exploring the adjacent waters. Then, proceeding up the majestic river that opened before him, on the 13th the Half-Moon was anchored opposite the

site of the i)resent city of Yonkers. The voyage was continued as far as the river was found navigable, when Hudson returned, having considerable intercourse with the Indians by the way, until, as he passed our shores and re-entered New York Bay, his men wantonly killed nine of their number. Just one month from the day Hudson arrived inside Sandy Hook the Half-Moon sailed out again to the ocean. On the 7th of November they reached Dartmonth, in Devonshire, England, and there the Half- Moon wintered, Hudson sending a report of his discoveries to his employers in Holland. England, becoming jealous of the advantages that might accrue to her maritime rival by these discoveries, prevented Hudson from returning to Holland, and his connection with the East India Company ended. He never revisited the river that makes his name immortal, but under English patronage he continued the vain search for a sea-way to India and lost his life in Hudson's Bay in 1611. The company abandoned all effort to discover a northwest passage, and made no