The evident determination to shift the responsibility forbade further pursuit of this fictitious land. Besides, Maine people are indisposed to accept without challenge the name so universally applied to them of Down Easters. We do not say down to the North Pole, and we do say down South. The higher latitude we make northwardly the farther down we get. Nevertheless, disposed as I avow myself to present the case fairly, the people of Maine uniformly say "up to the westward," when speaking of Massachusetts. Of one thing I am persuaded--Down East is nowhere in New England. [Illustration] FOOTNOTES: [29] In 1759 Governor Pownall took possession of the peninsula of Castine, and hoisted the English flag on the fort. He found the settlement deserted and in ruins.--_Gov._ POWNALL'S _Journal._ [30] "The clumsy, shapeless coinage, both of gold and silver, called in Mexico _máquina de papa_, _lote y cruz_ ("windmill and cross-money"), and in this country by the briefer appellation of "cobs." These were of the lawful standards, or nearly so, but scarcely deserved the name of coin, being rather lumps of bullion flattened and impressed by a hammer, the edge presenting every variety of form except that of a circle, and affording ample scope for the practice of clipping: notwithstanding they are generally found, even to this day, within a few grains of lawful weight. They are generally about a century old, but some are dated as late as 1770. They are distinguished by a large cross, of which the four arms are equal in length, and loaded at the ends. The date generally omits the _thousandth_ place; so that 736, for example, is to be read 1736. The letters PLVS VLTRA (_plus ultra_) are crowded in without attention to order. These coins were formerly brought here in large quantities for recoinage, but have now become scarce."--WILLIAM E. DUBOIS, _United States Mint_. I think the name of "cob" was applied to money earlier than the date given by Mr. Dubois. Its derivation is uncertain, but was probably either "lump," or from the Welsh, for "thump," _i. e._, struck money. [31] On an old map of unknown date Castin's houses are located here. [32] Sedgwick's Letter, _Historical Magazine_, July, 1873, p. 38. [33] Williamson thinks the name of Cape Rosier a distinct reminder of Weymouth's voyage. [34] Though Hutchinson says "about 1627," I think it an error, as Allerton, the promoter of the project, was in England in that year, as well as in 1626 and 1628, as agent of the colony. Nor was the proposal brought forward until Sherley and Hatherly, two of the adventurers, wrote to Governor Bradford, in 1629, that they had determined upon it in connection with Allerton, and invited Plymouth to join with them. [35] "Archives of Massachusetts." [36] Aglate la Tour, granddaughter of the chevalier, sold the seigniory of Acadia to the crown for two thousand guineas.--DOUGLASS.