exploring vessel, made her second anchorage after leaving New York Bay. It was toward the evening of the 12th of September, 1609 ; the explorer had then been several days in the yiciniij oi: Man-7i(i-Jiat- fa, as the Indians called the island on which New York stands, and had had some intercourse with the natives. " The twelfth," says " Master Ivet (Juet) of the Lime House," who wrote Hudson's journal, " fuire and hot. In the

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afteruoon, at two of the clocke, wee weighed, the winde being variable, betweene the north and the north-west. So we turned into the Eiuer two leagues, and anchored. This morning, at ovr first rode in the Eiuer, there came eight- and-twentie Canoes full of men, women, and children, to betray vs ; but we saw their intent, and suffered none of them to come abord of vs. At twelue of the clocke they departed ; they brought with them Oysters and Beanes, whereof wee bought some. They have great tobacco-pipes of Yellow Copper, and Pots of Earth to dresse their meate in." That night a strong tidal current placed the stern of the Half-Moon up stream. That event, and the assurance of the natives that the waters northward, upon which he had gazed with wonder and delight, came from far beyond the mountains, inspired Hudson with great hope, for it must be remembered that his errand was the discovery of a northern passage to India. He now doubted not that the great river upon which he was floating flowed from ocean to ocean, and that his search was nearly over, and would be speedily crowned with success.'}