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that if the North Americans had no right to 

 fish at the Falklands, the people of Buenos 

 Ayres had as little ; and that if any nation had 

 an exclusive right to fish there, the British 

 were that nation, not only by original dis- 

 covery, but by the result of the controversy 

 with Spain^ when the rights of the respective 

 nations were brought into question. His argu- 

 ments, however, were not listened to, and he 

 quitted Buenos Ayres without terminating the 

 difference, which is still depending, and is not 

 likely to be abandoned without some adjust- 

 ment satisfactory to the United States. 



The discussion with the United States in- 

 duced our government to take some step fol- 

 lowing up their assertion of our rights. The 

 admiral was ordered to send a vessel to hoist 

 the British flag at Berkley Sound. No noti- 

 fication of this intention had been previously 

 received by the people of Buenos Ayres 5 and 



