[Illustration: FAC-SIMILE OF ONE OF CÉLORON’S PLATES, 1749. [Reduced from the fac-simile given in the _Pennsylvania Archives_, second series, vi. 80. Of some of these plates which have been found, see accounts in Parkman, _Montcalm and Wolfe_, i. 62, and _Dinwiddie Papers_, i. 95, published by the Virginia Historical Society. Cf. also Appendix A to the _Mémoires sur le Canada depuis 1749 jusqu’à 1760_, published by the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, 1873 (_réimpression_).—ED.]] By the terms of the peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, France in 1748 acquired possession of Louisbourg. La Jonquière, who was at the same time liberated, and who in 1749 assumed the government under his original appointment, did not agree with the Acadian policy of his predecessor. He feared the consequences of an armed collision with the English in Nova Scotia, which this course was likely to precipitate. This caution on his part brought down upon him a reprimand from Louis XV. and positive orders to carry out La Galissonière’s programme. In pursuance of these instructions, the neck of the peninsula, which according to the French claim formed the boundary of Acadia, was fortified. The conservatism of the English officer prevented a conflict. In 1750, avoiding the territory in dispute, the English fortified upon ground admitted to be within their own lines, and watched events. On the approach of the English, the unfortunate inhabitants of Beaubassin abandoned their homes and sought protection under the French flag.