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Pnuiiict's as li)n<; as tlipy ilifl not fish within thiro milos of tlic const. Tho full IonI 

 of thf (i('('i>i()ii is iis lollosvs. viz. : -• 



Hates, Umpire : — 



" Thi! soliiuiiii'v ' Wii>-liiii'.liin ' Wiis nii/oii liv ilu' icvi'imc m'Ihhuhi- '.luliii,' CaiiUiiii D.ivln, \\ liiK' 

 tisliini; ill ilic liny 111' Kiitnly. ii^ii iiiIIm^* IVdiii tlii' slioic, on ilii- Idili ol' Ma\ , 184."i, mi the I'lmrni- nl' 

 viiiliililii;' llic' Tlv;iH 'il' |.S|S. Slir wiH riinii'il In Yiirnmulll. NnvM Scnlui. iiliil tlicri" ilci'ipi'd tii bi' 

 t'lirfcllcd Id llic <'rii\\ii liv lln' .liiilyi' nj' ilu' N'iii-Ailiiiiriilty ('mnt, iiml, willi Iut stun's, uiilniiil h) ln' 

 siilil. The iiHiicis mI' the • \\'ii-.liillj,'li'ii ' rliiiiii lov till' Millie nl' till' vessel illlil ii|i]Hllleliiiiiees, (iilllils, 

 iiml iliiiiuv4i'<, ■_',!;•':! iliiliiir-., ;\iiil t'nr e|i'\eii yeiii's' iiileicst, I .ii;!H ilnllms. iiiiiniiiitiiii,' lcit,'etlier tn 

 4,llil iliillill'!. r.y llic iveeiu l;eei])riieit\ TreiUy, lliil)|iily entiellltlcd lietweeii llie I'liitecl Sliile* iMi.l 

 (ircnl lirililill, lliere -eelil> Ilu illilllee for iillV I'llltller ili>|Hlte ill rejiill'il 111 I lie lislieiie-. 



' It is lo lie reu'lelted tlmt, ill lIlMt TiimIN , ]ili)viMiiili Wiis iiul iiiiule fur settlilli; ;i lew siiliiU el.iiuis 

 mI' no ilii|inrt:iliei' in .l )iei'illliill'y sense, wlii.li were llieii eNisllni;; Iml.n^ llley ll:iVe not lieell seltleil, 

 lliey lire iio« Iiioiil;I!| liel'onj iliis ( 'uniiuissiiMi. 



" Tlie • \V;isliiii.;lun ' lisliin;^ seliounel' WT.s seized, lis lieluiv •.laleil, in lie- I'.iiN nj' I'lindy, leii inili-s 

 t'ldin the slion , 111]' .Viiim|ii)lis. .Vuv.i .S-olia. 



" It will lie seen l>y the 'Preiity ol' IT^^'I lietween (Ifi'iil riiilain mid the I'nileil Slates llidt ilie 

 liti/eiis lit the liiiier, ill euiiiniun v. iili ilie -nlijeets ol' the furiner, enjoyed the rij,'ht to '"/■• mid li'o 

 tisli on the sliiiies ur nil imris III' lli r Mlljesl\'^ doniinioiis in .Viiieiien, used li\ lii-itisli h.-heinieii ; Iml 

 not to diy lish un the Islmiil i<( Xewruiinilland, wliieh later ]iriYile;;e w.is eonlined lo the sliuies nl' 

 Nuvii .Seoiia, ill the I'ollowin;; wouls: And Amerieaii lisherinen shall have lilierty lo dry and cine lish 

 on any of till' unsettled hays, harlionrs, and ereeks ol' N'ovii Seutia ; lint, as smin i;s said shores shall 

 lieooine settled, il shall not be lawl'iil to dry orenrt' lish at sin h Setth'inent, w ithuiil a lirevions a'j'eeineiil. 

 t'ui' that ]iiiriiuse with the iiihabitaniN, ]iiii)irietors, or )iiissessnrs ol' the eroniul.' 



• The Treaty 111' ISIS contains the roilnwiiie stiimliitions in rtdation lu the lisheiy. ■ Wlieicas 

 dillercnces have arisen res|ieetiiiLi; ihe lilieily i lainicil by the United Slates to /"/r, ih/i, and nirr lish 

 un ceiiiiin (■<)((.,/.,, /ii/,7i(,i/i-.<, and cci'/s ui' His I 'iritannii 'Majesty's doniiniuns in .lnnriia, \[ is at;rerd 

 tliiil tlu; iidiabilants ol' the rniled States sbiil! Iiave. in eoininon \\\l\\ ib.c subjecls of His lirilaiinic 

 .Majesty, the rit;lit to lish on certain |iortions ol' the suialiern, wesleni, ;iiid noiihern coasi ul' Ne\> - 

 I'onndlmid ; and. ■dso. on the I'oasts, bays, harbuurs, and creeks truin .Muunl duly, un the suiitiicrn eu.i.i 

 ol' l.abiadur, lo and thruiiuh the Straits ul' I'.elle Isle ; and tlicnce. nurlhwardly, indelinitely aluii;,' the 

 cuasts : and ilial Aiiiericaii tisheiineii shall have lilierl} I'l dry and cure lish in any ul' the unsettled 

 bays, liarbuiiis, and creeks ul' said described cuasts, nmil ilu' >aine becunie seltleil, and the rnitcil 

 Stales renounce the liberty liercloforf 'njui/nl ur cltiiiiied by llie iiiliabitanis thereui' to lake, di\, or ciiiv 

 lish (./( Il/' villi ill thru i.innnf inili-i of any of llie coasts, bays, creeks, and haiboiiis of His llrilaniiie 

 .Majesly's duniiiiioiis in .Vnierica, not included in tlu^ abuveiiientiuned limits: I'rovided, liuwc\er, thai 

 ihe .XniericiMi lislieriiieii shall bi; adniiltuil to ciiier such bays ur harlmiirs, fur iIk- |)niiiose of shelter, 

 and ol ie|iairini; daniaues therein, uf jiiircliasiic^ wuud. and of oblaiiii 11,1; water, and fur iiu oilier ]iiir(iuse 

 whatever. I'liit they shall be under such resirietions as may be iieeessiiry to prevent their takiiiu', 

 ilryiiii.'. or i'iiriii<.' lish ibereiii, or in any uiiicr iiianner wbiitever abiisiic^ the |)nviU".;(;s hereby reserved 

 for them.' 



" The (|nestiuii turns, su far as relates lu ihe Treat y^stijmlaliuiis, uu the ni(>anin,n uiveii tu the 

 wiiid ' bays ' in llieTii'aty of ITS!!, liy thai Treaty, the Americans had iiu rij;ht to dry and cure lisb 

 on the shoi'rs and /nii/s of Xewfoiiiidlaiid ; but they had that rii,'lit on the shores, coasts. luii/\. Ikii-I'iu!,-.,. 

 and (I'd/ s of Nova Scotia ; and, as they must land to cuiv tisli on the shores, bays, and ireeks, they were 

 evidently adiiiitted to the shores o/" Me /iiii/v. itV. I>y tlio Tivaty of IHIS, the same ri<;ht is j,'i'anled to 

 cim; ti<li un the eoa.sis, bays, Ac, uf Xewfuundland ; but the Americans relininiished that riuht, i'hi' 

 ihf riiiht t'.i I'lth villii,! Ihrii- mili^ n( X\w cikiMs, hni/.i, iVr. uf yorn l>'i-iilia. Takiiij; il fur j;vaiiied that 

 the fnimers uf the Treaty intended that the word ' bay ' ur 'buys' slaaild have the same nicaniiie' in 

 all enses, and im niciitiu'n lieinj; niaile of headlands, tlicri! ap])ears no doubt that llic ' Washiiiijlon,' in 

 tishin;,' tell miles from the sjiure, violated no stijiiilalioiis of the T'l-eaty. 



" Il was iirjicd on liehalf of the liritisli < ioverninont, that by 'coasts,' bays,' ite., is iindersiood an 

 iniai;iiiary line drawn aloiiu' the coast fruni headland tu hitadland, awl that the jiirisdictiun uf Her 

 -Majesty extends three marine miles outside of this line ; thus dosing all the bays on the cuast ur shore, 

 and that u'leiit budy of water called the l?ay uf Knndy, a.uaiiisl Americans and olliei-s, niakiii'.; the latter 

 a Hritish bay. This doctrine of the headlands is new. and has received a proper limit in Ihe (.'onveii- 

 tioii between Fiiuiee and (iicat Itritian of Iiml of Anifiist, I8.'5'.t;* in which 'it is a'.^«*r'd ihal the 

 distance of three miles, lixed as the general liiiiil fur the exclusivi! rifjlit of lishery upon Ihe coiists of 

 the two countries, shall, with respect to bays the months of which do not excfed ten miles in width, 

 be measured from a stnii'.;ht line drawn from heailland to lioadlnnd.' 



" The Ray of Kiindy is from Hfi to "o miles wide, and l.'W to 140 miles Ion-;; it has .several bays 

 on it.s coast ; lliiis the word ' bav," as applied to this great liody of water, has the same meanins as that 

 applied to the Hay of ISiscay, the Hay of llencal, over which no nation can have the riu'lit to a.ssuine 

 sovereignty. One of the headlunds of the Ray of Fundy is in the United .States, and ships IkhiihI to 

 rassiimaiiiuiddy must .sail ihronM'h a large sjiace of it. The islands of (iiiind Mnnan (I'lritish) and 

 Little .Mamin American' are sitiiiited nearly on a line from headland to he.idlaiid. These !• lands, as 

 re]ireseiued in all '.^eomaphios, arc situated in the Atlanlic Ocean. The conclusion is thcrefu ^ in ni> 

 mind irresistible, that the l>ay uf Kiindy is not n Rritish bay, nor a bay within the meaning i<\' tin' 

 word as used in the Treaties of 1 7H:l and ISIS. 



• TliiH CiinTcniidii iiclwi'. 11 l-'niiirr iiii.t (ii'cat Itrit.'iiii lAli-nded Itir lioadlaml tlortriiic tu 1ki)'h ten milt's u'iile ; tli\is ^oiiijr 

 iMYoml thf Keiii/al nil- ut intfrn.itionul liu, according; ro wlurh 110 bays are Irt-ated a» within tlv terriliirinl jiiri-^diciiini ct' ;t Sinti- 

 whii'li are nmn' ilijui .six mili s widi- nu a -tniii^it linr mt.a'nif.fl frfiin t»no headland to ttift otiiw. 



