23G TIIK TUKATV OK WASHINGTON. 



takinu:, ouriiii;, and drying' fisli on certain coasts of the Ilritish 

 Xortli Anu'iicaM Colonics tlicrciu dctincd, the inhabitants of 

 the I'nitcd Slates shall liave, in comtnon ■with the subjects 

 of Her llritannic Majesty, the liberty to take lisli of every kind, 

 cxcei)t .shcll-lith, on the sea-coasts and sliores, and in the bays, 

 liarbors, and creeks of Canada, New JJrunswick, Nova Scotia, 

 Prince I'Mward's Ishuid, an I of tlie several islands thereunto 

 adjacent [and, by another article, Xewfoundlandj, without bc- 

 ini; restricted to any distance from the sliore, -vvitli permission 

 to land njion the coasts and sliores of those Colonies and the 

 islands thereof, and also upon the I\Ia<,'dalen Islands, for the 

 juirposo of dryini,' their nets and ciirint; tlieir fish; jirovided 

 that, in so doini;, they do not interfere with the ri«,'hts of pri- 

 vate j)roperty, or with IJritish ilhhermen In the peaceable fiso 

 of any part of the name coast in their occupancy for the same 

 purpose. 



•"It is understood that the abovc-inenlloned liberty applies 

 solely to the sea-lishery, and that the salmon and shad fisheries, 

 and all fisheries in rivers and the mouths of rivers, are liereby 

 reserved exclusively for Jbilish fishermen." 



Similar provision was made in Article II., vvitli \\]'o 

 c.xcoption, lor the adniisyiou of British subjects to 

 take fish on a part of the sea-coasts and shores of the 

 United States. 



It Avas further agreed that Commissioners should 

 be appointed, who shall 



" Kxamine the coasts of the Xorth American provinces and 

 of the United States embraced within the provisions of the 

 first and second articles of this treaty, and shall designate the 

 l)laccs reserved l>y the said articles from the common right of 

 fishing therein." 



But these provisions were temporary only, being 

 subject to be terminated on a year's notice, after the 

 expiration of ten years, and the treaty was in fact 



