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ice, it becomes the property of the first wlio can get 

 possession of it*. 



10. But if a fish be made fast to the sliore, or 

 moored near the shore by means of a grapnel or 

 anchor, v»ith a buoy, a flag, or other mark attached 

 to it, signifying that it is not deserted, — the person 

 ^vho left it there, shall still be considered the sole 

 proprietor, though no person may be with it. 



11. Any person being wounded or maimed in de- 

 fensive operations, while in this service, either in 

 the passage to or from Greenland, shall receive a 

 reasonable compensation from the Commissioners of 

 the fishery, according to the injury sustained, and the 

 degree of zeal and bravery manifested on the occa- 

 sion; the expence of which to be borne by the 

 whole fleet. 



12. Lastly, if a case shall happen which is not 

 provided for by these regulations, it shall be set- 

 tled by reference to wise and prudent arbitrators. 



(Signed) Simon Van-Beaumont, &c. 



The above articles being duly announced, were 

 enforced by commissioners chosen from amongst the 

 principal Greenland owners of Holland, for conduct- 

 ing and carrying into effect, this and other mattery 



* The latter part of this article is emitted in the French, and 

 a sentence of a similar signification with the former part sub- 

 stituted. 



