ARGUMENT OF SIR JAMES WINTER. 981 



" on that part of the southern and eastern coasts of Labrador which 

 extends from Mount Joli to Huntingdon Island; " 



That is apparently an extension from Esquimaux Bay ; instead of 

 Esquimaux, as it was originally given, the British counter offer then 



is: We wiil extend it down to Huntingdon Island. That is a 

 589 long distance down the coast of Labrador, down towards the 



east. They say: Very well, now, as we offered you first only 

 one part of the southern coast of Labrador, that is from Mount Joli to 

 Esquimaux, we will now give you, and now include, the southern and 

 eastern coasts of Labrador, dow y n to Huntingdon Island. And the 

 result of the negotiations was that they got down to Huntingdon 

 Island, and farther if they chose to go, because the northern limit is 

 not fixed, is not named, and they have the right to go north indefi- 

 nitely, under the treaty. 



DR. DRAGO: May I call your attention to this. In this Article A 

 it is said : 



" On the coasts, bays, harbors and creeks from Mount Joli, on the 

 southern coast ; " 



So you see that the word " coasts " in the plural has the same mean- 

 ing as " bays and harbours." 



You can read it here : " The coasts .... on the southern coast of 

 Labrador." 



SIR JAMES WINTER: The language is 



" the said south and east coasts of Labrador." 



DR. DRAGO : I am not reading there. I am reading at p. 88, under 

 the heading "Article A." 



SIR JAMES WINTER: I beg pardon; I was looking at the wrong 

 place. 



JUDGE GRAY (reading) : 



" on the coasts, bays, harbours, and creeks .... on the southern 

 coast of Labrador." 



DR. DRAGO : It says here 

 " on the coasts, bays, harbours, and creeks ... on the southern coast 

 of Labrador." 



So you can read it : " On the coast "- 



SIR JAMES WINTER : That means from Mount Joli, on the southern 

 coast of Labrador, to and through the Straits of Belleisle. 



DR. DRAGO : But here is an enumeration 



SIR JAMES WINTER : Yes. 



DR. DRAGO: According to which, on the coast of Labrador, there 

 are coasts, bays, harbours and creeks? 



SIR JAMES WINTER : Yes. 



DR. DRAGO : So you can notice that the word " coasts " in the plural 

 is distinguished from the word " coast " in the singular, which com- 



