HUDSON

a city of New York; in -Columbia co., of which it is the county seat. It is on the New York Central and the Boston and Albany railroads, ‘and on the Hudson River. It is the trane center of an extensive farming ari manufacturing region and is connected by steamship lines with all the ‘Hudson River points. Its industries are of great importance and include the making of iron wire, woolen gocds, bricks, machines, etc. It is the seat of _the State Home of Refuge for Women. ~ Pop. 1920, 11,745. ‘great inland sea, N. E. of North America; teceives drainage of great part of Canada by Church ill, Neilson, Albany, and other rivers. Area, c. 500,000 sq. miles; connected with Atlantic by Hudson Strait. A railway is being built to connect H. B. with the centre and west of Canada. Hudson Strait is open to navigation for two or three months in the year. See ‘map CANADA.