1638.  —  The  King  of  France,  by  letters-patent,  divided  Acadia
between  Charles  de  La  Tour  and  D'Aulnay,  by  which  division  La  Tour


*  After  the  capture  of  Louisburg  by  Lieut.-Gen.  Peppcrell  in  1745,  "a  banquet  was  prepared
by  Pepperell  for  the  officers  of  his  army.  Several  clergymen  were  present;  and  the  senior  of  them,  old
Mr.  Moody  of  York,  the  uncle  of  Mrs.  Pepperell,  was  called  on  to  ask  a  blessing  at  the  feast.  The
friends  of  Moody  felt  somewhat  anxious  lest  he  should  disgust  the  guests  by  a  prolix  performance,  such
as  he  often  indulged  in;  but  his  temper  was  so  irritable  that  none  would  venture  to  suggest  to  him  that
brevity  would  be  acceptable.  They  were  agreeably  disappointed  and  highly  gratified  by  his  saying
grace  as  follows:  '  Good  Lord,  we  have  so  many  things  to  thank  thee  for,  that  time  would  be  infinitely
too  short  to  do  it.  We  must  therefore  leave  it  for  the  work  of  eternity.  Bless  our  food  and  fellowship
on  this  joyful  occasion,  for  the  sake  of  Christ  our  Lord.     Amcr.' "     (Murdoch.)


WINTHROP'S  DIAR Y.  IIS

was  to  have  the  country  from  the  middle  of  the  Bay  of  Fundy  to
Canseau,  and  D'Aulnay  from  the  same  line  west,  and  south  to  the  coast
of  Virginia.  This  was  an  unfortunate  division  ;  for  D'Aulnay  was  at  the
time  established  at  Port  Royal,  and  La  Tour  at  St.  John.  A  different
arrangement  was,  however,  subsequently  effected,  by  which  the  western
and  northern  portion  was  given  to  La  Tour,  and  the  eastern  and  south*
ern  part  to  D'Aulnay  ;  the  dividing  line  being  at  Pentagoet,  at  the  mouth
of  the  Penobscot  River.
