[This is Champlain’s plan (edition of 1613) a little reduced. The letters can be thus interpreted: _A_, Our habitation. _B_, Champlain’s garden. _C_, Road made by Poutrincourt. _D_, Island. _E_, Entrance. _F_, Shoals, dry at low water. _G_, St. Antoine river. _H_, Wheat-field (Annapolis). _I_, Poutrincourt’s mill. _L_, Meadows under water at highest tides. _M_, Equille River. _N_, Coast (Bay of Fundy). _O_, Mountains. _P_, Island. _Q_, Rocky Brook. _R_, Brook. _S_, Mill River. _T_, Lake. _V_, Herring-fishing by the natives. _X_, Trout-brook. _Y_, Passage made by Champlain. Harrisse (nos. 245-246) cites two plans of Port Royal in the French Archives.—ED.]] The French were too few to offer even a show of resistance, and the landing of the English was not disputed. By an unworthy trick, and without the knowledge of the French, Argall obtained possession of the royal commission; and then, dismissing half of his prisoners to seek in an open boat for succor from any fishing vessel of their own country they might chance to meet, he carried the others with him to Virginia. The same year Argall was sent back by the governor of Virginia, Sir Thomas Dale, to finish the work of expelling the French. With three vessels he visited successively Mount Desert and St. Croix, where he destroyed the French buildings, and then, crossing to Port Royal, seized whatever he could carry away, killed the cattle, and burned the houses to the ground. Having done this, he sailed for Virginia, leaving the colonists to support themselves as they best could. Port Royal was not, however, abandoned by them, and it continued to drag out a precarious existence. Seventy-five years later, its entire population did not exceed six hundred, and in the whole peninsula there were not more than nine hundred inhabitants.[408] [Illustration] Meanwhile, in 1621, Sir William Alexander, a Scotchman of some literary pretensions, had obtained from King James a charter (dated Sept. 10, 1621) for the lordship and barony of New Scotland, comprising the territory now known as the provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Under this grant he made several unsuccessful attempts at colonization; and in 1625 he undertook to infuse fresh life into his enterprise by parcelling out the territory into baronetcies.[409] Nothing came of the scheme, and by the treaty of St. Germains, in 1632, Great Britain surrendered to France all the places occupied by the English within these limits. Two years before this, however, Alexander’s rights in a part of the territory had been purchased by Claude and Charles de la Tour;[410] and shortly after the peace, the Chevalier Razilly was appointed by Louis XIII. governor of the whole of Acadia.[411] He designated as his lieutenants Charles de la Tour for the portion east of the St. Croix, and Charles de Menou, Sieur d’Aulnay-Charnisé, for the portion west of that river. [Illustration]