. Young folks library . THE DISCOVERY OF THE HUDSONRIVER (Fkom Thb Third Voyage op Master Henry Hudson.)By ROBERT JUET, op Limehouse. THE first of September (1609),faire weather, the wind vari-able betweene east and south;we steered away north north-west. Atnoone we found our height to bee39 degrees,3 minutes. Wee had sound-ings thirtie, twentie-seven, twentie-f oure,and twentie-two fathomes, as wee wentto the northward. At sixe of the clockewee had one and twentie fathomes. Indian Mother and Pappoose. And all the third watch, till twelve ofthe clocke at mid-night, we had sound-ings one and tw
. Young folks library . THE DISCOVERY OF THE HUDSONRIVER (Fkom Thb Third Voyage op Master Henry Hudson.)By ROBERT JUET, op Limehouse. THE first of September (1609),faire weather, the wind vari-able betweene east and south;we steered away north north-west. Atnoone we found our height to bee39 degrees,3 minutes. Wee had sound-ings thirtie, twentie-seven, twentie-f oure,and twentie-two fathomes, as wee wentto the northward. At sixe of the clockewee had one and twentie fathomes. Indian Mother and Pappoose. And all the third watch, till twelve ofthe clocke at mid-night, we had sound-ings one and twentie, two and twentie, eighteene, twoand twentie, one and twentie, eighteene, and two andtwentie fathoms, and went sixe leagues neere handnorth north-west. The second, in the morning, close weather, the windeat south in the morning; from twelve untill two ofthe clocke we steered north north-west, and had sound-ing one and twentie fathoms; and in running one glassewe had but sixteene fathoms, then seventeene, and so 230. The Discovery of the Hudson River 231 shoalder and shoalder untill it came to twelve saw a great fire, but could not see the land; thenwe came to ten fathoms, whereupon we brought ourtackes aboord, and stood to the eastward east south-east, foure glasses. Then the sunne arose, and weesteered away north againe, and saw the land from thewest by north to the north-west by north, all likebroken islands, and our soundings were eleven andten fathoms. Then wee looft in for the shoare, andfaire by the shoare we had seven fathoms. The coursealong the land we found to be north-east by the land which we had first sight of, untill wecame to a great lake of water, as wee could judge it tobee, being drowned land, which made it to rise likeislands, which was in length ten leagues. The mouthof that land hath many shoalds, and the sea breakethon them as it is cast out of the mouth of it. Andfrom that lake or bay the land lyeth north by east,and wee had a g
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