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 108 PUBLIC TREATIES. Aarrcrn XV. All other mer- All other merchandise and things not comprehended in the articles cbrnidise- of contraband expressly enumerated and classified as above, shall be held and considered as free, and subjects of free and lawful commerce, so that they may be carried and transported i11 the freest manner by both the contracting parties, even to places belonging to an enemy, excepting only those places which are at that time besieged or blockaded ; Don n i tion of and, to avoid all doubt in this particular, it is declared that those places l’l°°l**“]°· only are besieged or blockaded which are actually attacked by a belligerent force capable of preventing the entry of the neutral. Anrrcrn XVI. The articles of contraband, before enumerated and classified, which cI0S_ gay lie foundlin a gessel boand for an enemy’s port, shall be subject to e_en ion an con scation caving free the rest of the cargo and the ship, that the owners may dispose of them as they see proper. No vessekof either of the two nations shall be detained on the high seas on account ot having 011 board articles of contraband, whenever the master, captain, or supercargo of said vessel will deliver up the articles of contraband to the captor, unless the quantity of such articles be so great, and of solarge a bulk, that they cannot be received on hoard the capturing ship without great inconvenience; but in this and in all other ggigsmoféjigt d§tention,&h<;ve€sell detiained shall be sent to the nearest 1 n an sa e po -, or ria an judgment according to law. Aarrcrn XVII. Blockaded ports. And whereas it frequently happens that vessels sail for a port or place £i$3l2§1lI§1“2,.?§‘.,$§§‘é‘el"1l'lL”$’“f€.}il‘?l"E‘g °""‘ “‘° “""‘° **‘ °‘”‘°g‘*"· s . ia * l ‘ may be md  at such port Oi pE.`.Q‘Z;f’t3{€Z?,.1F?.0‘2"{f$‘ €§€£'I.‘ifi€ uio: shall any part ot her cargo, if not contraband, be confiscated, unless a ter warning of such blockade or investment from any officer commanding zlygssgl at lthe blockadiing forces she shall again attempt to enter; _ s a ie permitte to go to any other port or lace she shall think proper. Nor shall any vessel of "th th t P ‘ such port before the same was actuall iis5E ed bllaykhava Gntqmd mm b . D g, oc aded, or 1DV€St€d _f5’fthe gtgler, be rgstrained from quitting such place with her cargo, nor 1 oun erem a 'ter the reduction and i d 1 . . her cargo be liable to confiscation, but Ehlegushah lilbqliebtglsedetbgthd 2}:vgn{2){(sct;ha<§c<1f; Sud 1f any vessel having thus entered the port beforo be esmbr Iedoo place, shall take on board a cargo after the blockade forces t isi ie ,she shall be subject to be warned by the blockading and i," gift erurn to the port blockaded, and discharge the said como; ut, th ter receiving the said warning, the vessel shall persist in going 3W2H'mL.§,§?§§°t?‘é?1ti’l“l‘bl’° 1}"2}"3 “’ “‘° ”'“°  “ “ the blockading ibmés. ¢ oc a e port after being warned off by Ancrrorn XVIII. mms at w" ti0£]“&“;gIé gzgggggf all kinds of disorder in the visiting and examinasa, they have ..ga!€ff'“.i‘I.‘iTi;’f1L’°EL‘.?tht$,Z{ZE2“§£*;‘*5."”T°*l°“ “‘° htib . · » ·‘ esse o war c g1;S[;1";]:t{>,r;lI;i·i2llnm2e::té lyvith a neutral of the other contracting paig}: the visit, under the cimumgtailggtcsg élistance compatible with making tho - · . o ie sea and wind and the l f i:;;I;]?;°2l_3;E#£g];*;£i Vesssel to be visited, and shall send its sémidlegt h V _ · 1 e t ie sand examination of the awers concernin·* t e ownership and carco oi the v ‘ I·D I ”’ e 1 esse, without causing the least extor-