Christian Majesty; and that his Majesty, the most Christian King, in order to prevent the quarrels which had before then arisen between the two nations of _England_ and _France_, consented to remove the right of fishing which belonged to him in virtue of the aforesaid article of the treaty of _Utrecht_, from _Cape Bonavista_ to _Cape Saint John_, situated on the eastern coast of _Newfoundland_, in fifty degrees north latitude, and his Majesty the King of _Great Britain_ consented, on his part, that the fishery assigned to the subjects of his most Christian Majesty, beginning at the said _Cape Saint John_, passing to the north, and descending by the western coast of the island of _Newfoundland_, should extend to the place called _Cape Rage_, situate in forty-seven degrees and fifty minutes latitude: The _French_ fishermen should enjoy the fishery which was assigned to them by the said article, as they had the right to enjoy that which was assigned to them by the treaty of _Utrecht_: And whereas, by a declaration delivered by his Majesty’s ambassador extraordinary to his most Christian Majesty, bearing date also on the said third day of _September_ one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, his Majesty engaged not only to insure the execution of the last-mentioned treaty with his known good faith and punctuality, but to give all possible efficacy to such principles as may prevent dispute; and, that the fishermen of the two nations may not give cause for daily quarrels, was pleased to engage that he would take the most positive measures for preventing his subjects from interrupting in any manner, by their competition, the fishing of the _French_, during the temporary exercise thereof which is granted to them upon the coasts of the island of _Newfoundland_, and that he would, for that purpose, cause the permanent settlements which should be formed there to be removed; and that he would give orders that the _French_ fishermen should not be incommoded in the cutting of wood necessary for the repair of their scaffolds, huts, and fishing boats; and that the thirteenth article of the treaty of _Utrecht_, and the method of carrying on the fishery which had at all times been acknowledged, should be the plan upon which the fishery should be carried on there, and that it should not be deviated from by either party, the _French_ fishermen building only their scaffolds, confining themselves to the repair of their fishing vessels, and not wintering there; the subjects of his _Britannick_ Majesty, on their part, not molesting in any manner the _French_ fishermen during their fishing, nor injuring their scaffolds during their absence: And whereas it is expedient, in conformity to the definitive treaty of peace and the declaration aforesaid, that his Majesty’s subjects should be prevented from interrupting in any manner, by their competition, the aforesaid fishery of the subjects of his most Christian Majesty, during