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Rh quarrels which have hitherto arisen between the two nations of England and France, renounces the right of fishing, which belongs to him by virtue of the said Article of the treaty of Utrecht, from Cape Bonavista to Cape St. John, situated on the eastern coast of Newfoundland, in about 50 degrees of north latitude: whereby the French fishery shall commence at the said Cape St. John, shall go round by the North, and, going down the western coast of the island of Newfoundland, shall have for boundary the place called Cape Raye, situated in 47 degrees 50 minutes latitude.

Art. 4. The French fishermen shall enjoy the fishery assigned them by the foregoing Article, as they have a right to enjoy it by virtue of the treaty of Utrecht.

Art. 5. His Britannic Majesty will cede in full right to his most Christian Majesty the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon.

Art. 6. With regard to the right of fishing in the Gulph of St. Laurence, the French shall continue to enjoy it conformably to the 5th Article of the treaty of Paris.

Art. 7. The King of Great Britain shall restore to France the island of St. Lucia, and shall cede and guaranty to her that of Tobago.

Art. 8. The most Christian King shall restore to Great Britain the islands of Grenada, and the Grenadines, St. Vincent's, Dominica, St. Christophers, Nevis, and Montserrat: and the fortresses of those islands conquered by the arms of Great Britain, and by those of France, shall be restored in the same condition in which they were when the conquest of them was made: provided that the term of eighteen months, to be computed from the time of the ratification of the definitive Treaty, shall be granted to the respective subjects of the crowns of Great Britain and France, who may have settled in the said islands, and in other places which shall be restored by the definitive Treaty, to sell their estates, recover their debts, and to transport their effects, and retire without being restrained on account of their religion, or any other whatever, except in cases of debt, or of criminal prosecutions.

Art. 9. The King of Great Britain shall cede and guaranty in full right to his most Christian Majesty, the river of Senegal, and its dependencies, with the forts of St. Louis, Poder, Galam, Arguin, and Portendie: his Britannic Majesty shall restore likewise the island of Gorée, which shall be given up in the condition in which it was when the British arms took possession of it.

Art. 10. The most Christian King shall, on his side, guaranty to his Majesty the King of Great Britain, the possession of Fort James, and of the river Gambia.

Art. 11. In order to prevent all discussion in that part of the world, the two courts shall agree, either by the definitive Treaty, Rh