814 OOBRESPONDBNOB, ETC., PRTOB TO TREATY OF 1818 



fish of every kind on the southern const of Newfoundland, from Cape 

 Ray to the R-amea islands, and on the coasts, bays, harbors, and 

 crocks, from Mount Joli, on the southern coast of Labrador, to and 

 through the -traits of Belleisle, and (hence northwardly, indefinitely, 

 along the coast; and, also, the liberty of drying and curing fish 

 in any of the unsettled bays, harbors, and creeks of Labrador and of 

 the southern coast of Newfoundland, as above described; with the 

 proviso respecting such of the said bays, harbors, and creeks as may 

 be settled. 



The liberty of taking fish within rivers is not asked. A positive 

 clause to except them is unnecessary, unless it be intended to compre- 

 hend under that name waters which might otherwise be considered 

 as bays or creeks. Whatever extent of fishing-ground may be secured 

 to American fishermen, the American plenipotentiaries are not pre- 

 pared to accept it on a tenure or on conditions differenet from those 

 on which the whole has heretofore been held. Their instructions 

 did not anticipate that any new terms or restrictions would be an- 

 nexed, as none were suggested in the proposals made by Mr. Bagot 

 to the American Government. The clauses forbidding the spreading 

 of nets, and making vessels liable to confiscation in case any articles 

 not. wanted for carrying on the fishery should be found on board, are 

 of that description, and would expose the fishermen to endless vex- 

 ations. 



MISSISSIPPI. 



The American plenipotentiaries are not authorized to agree to any 

 condition that would bring the British in contact w T ith the Missis- 

 sippi. The right to the navigation of that river could only be derived 

 from the treaty of 1783; and, if viewed as a matter of compromise, 

 that right is much less valuable and important than the portion of 

 the fisheries which the United States would lose by the agreement, 

 even on the terms proposed by them. 



No. 7. 



Protocol of the sixth conference oetioeen the American and British plenipo- 

 tentiaries, held at Whitehall, on the 9th of October, 1818. 



Present : Mr. Gallatin, Mr. Rush, Mr. Robinson. 



The American plenipotentiaries declared that they could not agree 

 to the article upon the fisheries brought forward by the British pleni- 

 potentiaries at the preceding conference, nor to that respecting the 

 navigation of the Mississippi, nor to any article that would bring 

 the British in contact wth that river. 



They also stated that they could not take into consideration the 

 article respecting the intercourse with Nova Scotia and New Bruns- 

 wick, unconnected with the subject of the British West Indies. 



They presented several amendments (A, B) to the articles respect- 

 ing the boundary line and slaves carried away, proposed at the last 

 conference by the British plenipotentiaries. 



It was agreed to meet again on Tuesday, the 13th instant. 



Albert Gallatin, 

 Richard Rush, 

 Frederick John Robinson. 



