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province, or port from 

 whence the vessel clears out.) 



No. 2. — Instructions for the Bri- 

 tish and Spanish ships of war 

 employed to prevent the illicit 

 traffic in slaves. 



Art. 1. Every Britisli or Spa- 

 nish ship of war shall, in confor- 

 mity with article 9 of the treaty 

 of this date, have a right to visit 

 the merchant ships of either of 

 the two powers actually engaged, 

 or suspected to be engaged in 

 the slave trade ; and should any 

 slaves be found on board, accord- 

 ing to the tenor of the 10th 

 article of the aforesaid treaty : — 

 and as to what regards the Spa- 

 nish vessels, should there be 

 ground to suspect that the said 

 slaves have been embarked on a 

 part of the coast of Africa where 

 the traffic is no longer permitted, 

 conformably to the articles 1 and 

 2 of the treaty of this date : in 

 these cases alone, the commander 

 of the said ship of war may de- 

 tain them: and having detained 

 them, he is to bring them, as soon 

 as possible, for judgment, before 

 that of the two mixed commis- 

 sions appointed by the 12th ar- 

 ticle of the treaty of this date, 

 which shall be the nearest, or 

 which the commander of the 

 capturing ship shall, upon his 

 own responsibility, think he can 

 soonest reach from the spot where 

 the slave ship shall have been 

 detained. Ships, on board of 

 which no slaves shall be found, 

 intended for purposes of traffic, 

 shall not be detained on any 

 account or pretence whatever. 

 Negro servants or sailors that 

 may be found on board the said 

 vessels, cannot, in any case be 



deemed a sufficient cause for 

 detention. 



Art. 2. No Spanish merchant- 

 man or slave ship shall, on any 

 pretence whatever be detained, 

 which shall be found any where 

 near the land or on the high seas, 

 south of the e'quator, during the 

 period for which the traffic is to 

 remain lawful according to the 

 stipulations subsisting between 

 the high contracting parties, 

 unless after a chace that shall 

 have commenced north of the 

 equator. 



Art. 3. Spanish vessels, fur- 

 nished with a regular passport, 

 having slaves on board, shipped 

 at those parts of the coast of 

 Africa where the trade is per- 

 mitted to Spanish subjects, and 

 which shall afterwards be found 

 north of the equator, shall not 

 be detained by the ships of war 

 of the two nations, though fur- 

 nished with the present instruc- 

 tions, provided the same can 

 account for their course either in 

 conformity with the practice of 

 the Spanish navigation, by steer- 

 ing some degrees to the north- 

 ward in search of fair winds, or 

 for other legitimate causes, such 

 as the dangers of the sea, duly- 

 proved; provided always, that, 

 with regard to all slave ships 

 detained to the north of the 

 equator, after the expiration of 

 the term allowed, the proof of 

 the legality of the voyage is to be 

 furnishedby the vessel so detained. 

 On the other hand, with respect 

 to slave ships detained to the south 

 of the equator, in conformity with 

 the stipulations of the preceding 

 article, the proof of the illegality 

 of the voyage is to be exhibited 

 by the captor, Itisinlikemanner 

 stipulated, 



