with, lads, and a pleasant land to
see.”

Meeting with many hardships
and near approach to disaster,
Hudson sought diligently for the
hoped-for channel, but, finally,
after severe buffeting about in
northern waters, he was blown
southward as far as the coast of
Virginia. From here he cruised
northward until was sighted the
hills of Neversink. Here he an-
chored, at the portals of the
‘gateway to New York, on Sep-
tember 2, 1609.

On the following day the ship
was cautiously propelled up into
the lower bay. At some distance
Indians were observed paddling
{| about in canoes; then were the