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&quot; The British government may be well assured that not 

 a particle of these rights will be finally yielded by the 

 United States, without a struggle, which will cost 

 Great Britain more than the worth of the prize. 



It is needless to recount the various propositions re 

 specting the fisheries which were offered by the differ 

 ent parties, at the negotiation which terminated in the 

 Convention of October, 1818. The result was, the in 

 sertion of this article in the convention which is the 

 first. 



&quot; Whereas differences have arisen respecting the 

 liberty claimed by the United States for the inhabitants 

 thereof, to take, dry, and cure fish on certain coasts, 

 bays, harbours and creeks of his Britannic Majesty s 

 dominions in America, it is agreed between the high 

 contracting parties, that the inhabitants of the said 

 United States shall have, forever in common with the 

 subjects of his Britannic Majesty, the liberty to take 

 fish of every kind on that part of the southern coast of 

 Newfoundland which extends from Cape Ray to the Ra- 

 mean Islands, on the western and northern coast of New 

 foundland from the said Cape Ray to the Quipon Islands, 

 on the shores of the Magdalen Islands, and also on the 

 coasts, bays, harbours and creeks from Mount Joli, on 

 the southern coast of Labrador, to and through the 

 straits of Belle Isle, and thence northwardly, inde 

 finitely, along the coast; without prejudice, however, 

 to any of the exclusive rights of the Hudson s Bay Com 

 pany : and that the American fishermen shall also have 

 liberty, forever, to dry and cure fish in any of the un 

 settled bays, harbours, and creeks of the southern part 

 of the coast of Newfoundland, hereabove described, and 

 of the coast of Labrador ; but so soon as the same or 

 any portion thereof, shall be settled, it shall not be law 

 ful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such 

 portion so settled, without previous agreement for such 

 purpose, with the inhabitants, proprietors, or possessors, 

 of the ground. dnd the United States hereby re 

 nounce, forever, any liberty heretofore enjoyed or 

 claimed by the, inhabitants thereof, to take, dry, or cure 



