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and that John Smith of Virginia had examined and Chap. IX.} 1614. 1620. extolled the deep waters of the Piscataqud. Sir Ferdinand Gorges, the most energetic member of the council of Plymouth, always ready to encounter risks in the cause of colonizing America, had not allowed repeated ill success to chill his confidence and decision; and now he found in John Mason, who had been governor of a plantation in Newfoundland, a man of action, like himself. It was not difficult for Mason, 1621. Mar. 9. who had been elected an associate and secretary of the council, to obtain a grant of the lands between Salem River and the farthest head of the Merrimac; but he did no more with his vast estate than give it a name. The passion for land increased; and Gorges 1622. Aug. 10. and Mason next took a patent for Laconia, the whole country between the sea, the St. Lawrence, the Merrimac, and the Kennebec; a company of English merchants was formed; and under its auspices permanent plantations were