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     Clothed with Royal authority, Denys now re- 
     
     turned to his old site at St. Peters. The capture of 
     
     Acadia by the English in 1654 does not seem to have 
     
     affected him in any way as he lived there quietly with 
     
     his wife and children, trading with the Indians, fish- 
     
     ing, lumbering, building vessels, and farming enough 
     
     for the needs of the little settlement. But whether 
     
     because of the English control of Acadia (1654- 
     
     1667) or from neglect, he did not fulfil the condi- 
     
     tions of his grant in regard to settlement. Accord- 
     
     ingly in 1663 much to his disgust part of his domain 
     
     was granted to Sr. Frangois Doublet, a captain in 
     
     the navy. : 
     
    

    
     This grant to Doublet was dated January 19, 
     
     1663, and included the Magdalens and Isle Saint 
     
     Jean. In return for fishing privileges on the coasts 
     
     of these islands, Doublet undertook to plant a colony 
     
     there, to clear and cultivate the lands, and to make a 
     
     small annual payment to the Company of New 
     
     France and Miscou. But he was not to engage in the 
     
     fur-trade either within or beyond the limits of his 
     
     concession.* 
     
    

    
     Doublet sailed for the Magdalens in the summer of 
     
     1663 and inaugurated his sedentary fishery. On his 
     
     return to France he formed an association with 
     
     Francois Gon, Sr. de Guincé, and Claude de Lande- 
     
     mare to exploit the concession. In the winter of 1664 
     
     arrangements were made for despatching two ships 
     
     to carry out supplies and to bring back the fish 
     
     caught by the men whom he had left in the Magda- 
     
    
   
   
    
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