inventory of their provisions, they found that, after supplying the vessel, which was to take twelve men on the return voyage, there would be a sufficiency for only six weeks for the twenty men who would remain. A dispute arose upon the question whether the party to be left behind would receive a share in the proceeds of the cargo of cedar, sassafras, furs, and other commodities which had been collected. A small party, going out in quest of shell-fish, was attacked by some Indians. With men having already, it is likely, little stomach for such cheerless work, these circumstances easily led to the decision to abandon for the present the scheme of a settlement, and in the following month the adventurers sailed for England, and, after a voyage of five weeks, arrived at Exmouth. ... The expedition of Gosnold was pregnant with consequences, though their development was slow. The accounts of the hitherto unknown country, which were circulated by his company on their return, excited an earnest interest." The next year (April, 1603), Martin Pring or Prynne was sent out, by several merchants of Bristol, with two small vessels. seeking cargoes of sassafras, which had acquired a high value on account of supposed medicinal virtues. Pring coasted from Maine to Martha's Vineyard, secured his desired cargoes, and gave a good account of the country. Two years later (March, 1605), Lord Soathampton and Lord Wardour sent a vessel commanded by George Weymouth to reconnoitre the same coast with an eye to settlements. Weymouth ascended either the Kennebec or the Penobscot river some 50 or 60 miles and kidnapped five natives. "Except for this, and for some addition to the knowledge of the local geography, the voyage was fruitless." _J. G. Palfrey, History of New England, volume 1, chapter 2._ ALSO IN _Massachusetts History Society Collection, 3d Series, volume 8 (1843)._ _J. McKeen, On the Voyage of George Weymouth (Maine History Society Collection, volume 5)._ AMERICA: A. D. 1603-1608. The First French Settlements in Acadia. See CANADA (NEW FRANCE): A. D. 1603-1605, and 1606-1608. AMERICA: A. D. 1607. The founding of the English Colony of Virginia, and the failure in Maine. See VIRGINIA: A. D. 1606-1607, and after; and MAINE: A. D. 1607-1608. AMERICA: A. D. 1607-1608. The First Voyages of Henry Hudson.