It boldly projects at the entrance of the Zee, and in a bright summer s day may be seen casting its shade upon the waters.'' A very deep interest attaches itself to this spot, when we recollect, that on the afternoon of the 13th Sep., 1609, Hendrick Hudson " taking advantage of a light wind and and flood tide, anchored the " Halve }vlaen "^ near where the village pier projects into the Hudson. The old Dutch Patroon of this town, Adriaen van der Donck, in his N. Neth. Vertoogh, (a rare old book printed just 41 years after the discovery of Hudson) tells us what our native tribes thought when they for the first time saw this wondrous \-essel."

"Tlicy did not knowthere weie any more people in the world than of the same \rith themselves: nmch less, people who differ so widely from each ether as our luUion and theirs ; so tliat, when they fir,-t discovered our ship, they did not know what to make of it. They were in great fear, and knew not wh'jther it might not be aa apparition; but whether from Heaven or Hell, they could not divine. Others supposed it to be a great sea monster, and that those in it had more the appearance of devils than human beings ; at least a strange report circulated through the country, and caused a great consternation among them."c

What must have been the wonder then, of the Nap-pe-cka-mak settlement, when they beheld the apparition anchor off the mouth of the Saw mill -- especially when we conjure up old Master Hendrick Hudson standing upon the poop of his round built yacht, and Master Robert Juet and brother officers in their tall shovelled brim hats and doublets. This arrival must have created quite a talk among the Mohegan squaws of Nappeckamack.