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king shall issue letters patent, containing an abolition of the droit 

 d'aubaine in the said island. 



ART. VIII. The most Christian king restores to Great Britain 

 the islands of Grenada, and the Grenadines, St. Vincent's, Dominica, 

 St. Christopher's, Nevis, and Montserrat; and the fortresses of these 

 islands shall be delivered up in the condition they were in when the 

 conquest of them was made. The same stipulations inserted in the 

 preceding article shall take place in favour of the French subjects, 

 with respect to the islands enumerated in the present article. 



ART. IX. The king of Great Britain cedes, in full right, and 

 guaranties to his most Christian majesty, the river Senegal, and 

 its dependencies, with the forts of St. Louis, Podor, Galam, Arguin, 

 and Portendic; and his Britannic majesty restores to France the 

 island of Goree, which shall be delivered up in the condition it was 

 in when the conquest of it was made. 



ART. X. The most Christian king, on his part, guaranties to the 

 king of Great Britain the possession of Fort James, and of the river 

 Gambia. 



ART. XL For preventing all discussion in that part of the world, 

 the two high contracting parties shall, within three months after 

 the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty, name com- 

 missaries, who shall be charged with the settling and fixing of the 

 boundaries of the respective possessions. As to the gum trade, the 

 English shall have the liberty of carrying it on, from the mouth 

 of the river St. John, to the bay and fort of Portendic inclusively. 

 Provided that they shall not form any permanent settlement, of 

 what nature soever, in the said river St. John, upon the coast, or 

 in the bay of Portendic. 



ART. XII. As to the residue of the coast of Africa, the English 

 and French subjects shall continue to resort thereto, according to 

 the usage which has hitherto prevailed. 



ART. ]IIL The king of Great Britain restores to his most Chris- 

 tian majesty all the settlements which belonged to him at the be- 

 ginning of the present war, upon the coast of Orixa, and in Bengal, 

 with liberty to surround Chandernagore with a ditch for carrying off 

 the waters; and his Britannic majesty engages to take such measures 

 as shall be in his power for securing to the subjects of France in 

 that part of India, as well as on the coast of Orixa, Coromandel, 

 and Malabar, a safe, free, and independent trade, such as was car- 

 ried on by the French East India company, whether they exercise 

 it individually, or united in a company. 



ART. XIV. Pondicherry shall be in like manner delivered up and 

 guarantied to France, as also Karikal; and his Britannic majesty 

 shall secure, for an additional dependency to Pondicherry, the two 

 districts of Velanour and Bahour; and to Karikal, the four Magans 

 bordering thereupon. 



ART. XV. France shall re-enter into the possession of Mahe, as well 

 as of its factory at Surat; and the French shall carry on their trade, 

 on this part of India, conformably to the principles established in 

 the thirteenth article of this treaty. 



ART. XVI. Orders having been sent to India by the high con- 

 tracting parties, in pursuance of the sixteenth article of the pre- 

 liminaries, it is further agreed, that if, within the term of four 

 months, the respective allies of their Britannic and most Christian 



