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minions in America, not included within the above-mentioned lim- 

 its. Provided, however, that the American fishermen shall be per- 

 mitted to enter such bays or harbors for the purpose of shelter 

 .and of repairing damages therein, of purchasing wood, and of 

 obtaining water, and for no other purpose whatever. But they 

 shall be under such restrictions as may be necessary to prevent 

 their taking, drying or curing fish therein, or in any manner 

 .abusing the privileges hereby reserved to them. 



It will be observed that under this new arrangement 

 Americans were permitted to fish in all waters falling within 

 British marine jurisdiction, on the south coast of Newfound- 

 land between Cape Ray and the Rameau Islands, and on 

 the west and north coasts thereof between Cape Ray and 

 the Quirpon Islands ; on the southern shores of the Magda- 

 len Islands and upon the Labrador coast from Mount Jolly 

 northward indefinitely. The coasts of Nova Scotia, New 

 Brunswick, Lower Canada, Cape Breton, more than half of the 

 south coast, and all of the east coast of Newfoundland, were 

 excepted from this grant of fishery privileges. It must be 

 borne in mind that the Bank and all open sea fisheries were 

 entirely free to the world, for at this time no nation pre- 

 tended to control the high seas. 



The privileges of landing for the purpose of curing and 

 drying fish were withheld from the United States, except 

 upon the south shores of Newfoundland from Cape Ray to 

 the Rameau Islands, and except upon the coast of Labrador, 

 and here the right was only granted within unsettled bays 

 and harbors. In all other bays or harbors of the Dominion, 

 American fishermen were fully privileged to enter for cer- 

 tain designated purposes, " shelter," " repairing damages," 

 " purchasing wood," and " obtaining water," but for no other 

 purpose whatever. 



The adoption of these regulations was called in the 

 United States a " compromise," because American statesmen 

 still contended that the United States owned the Canadian 

 fisheries by a title as good as that of Great Britain, and that 

 by the relinquishing of jurisdictional privileges over certain 

 parts of the Canadian coast, and accepting England's recogni- 



