_G._ Instructions by the Privy Council of Scotland for the Levying of the “Assize-herrings” from Foreign Fishermen 757 _H._ Proclamation of Charles I. as to preventing Abuses in the Narrow Seas and Ports, and claiming Sovereignty of the Sea 759 _I._ Report of the Admiralty to Charles I. as to the Employment of the Ship-money Fleet in wafting and securing Foreign Merchants passing through His Majesty’s Seas, and in protecting Foreign Fishermen who accept the King’s License, 5th February 1635/1636 762 _K._ Abstract of the Thirty-six Articles proposed by the Dutch to St John at The Hague, 1650, 1651 764 _L._ Tromp’s Memorandum to the States of Holland as to the Custom of Striking the Flag to the English, 27th February/9th March 1651 770 _M._ Copy of Originals of Letters between Tromp and Blake, after the encounter in the Straits of Dover, 1652 771 _N._ Concession to Bruges to fish in the British Seas, 1666 772 _O._ Articles adopted by the Institut de Droit International at Paris, and by the International Law Association at London, with reference to the Territorial Waters 774 INDEX 777 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. FIG. PAGE THE “BRITISH SEAS,” ACCORDING TO SELDEN _Frontispiece_ 1. EDWARD’S NOBLE 37 2. HITCHCOCK’S REPRESENTATION OF THE ENGLISH AND FLEMISH FISHERIES 99 3. CHART PREPARED BY THE TRINITY HOUSE, SHOWING THE BEARINGS OF THE KING’S CHAMBERS. FROM SELDEN 121 4. SHOWING THE KING’S CHAMBERS ON THE COAST OF ENGLAND 123 5. FACSIMILE OF KEYMER’s SIGNATURE TO HIS ‘BOOK OF OBSERVATIONS’ 127 6. FACSIMILE OF THE CONCLUDING PART OF THE DRAFT OF COMMITTEE’S REPORT TO PRIVY COUNCIL REGARDING THE RESTRAINT OF FOREIGNERS FISHING ON THE BRITISH COASTS 149 7. FACSIMILE OF MINUTE OF THE DECLARATION OF THE DUTCH ENVOYS AS TO THE RANGE OF GUNS 156 8. DUTCH WHALERS AT SPITZBERGEN. AFTER VAN DER MEULEN 182 9. SHOWING THE LIMITS OF THE “RESERVED WATERS” CLAIMED BY SCOTLAND 231 10. DUTCH HERRING-BUSSES UNDER SAIL. AFTER VAN DER MEULEN 297 11. DUTCH HERRING-BUSSES HAULING THEIR NETS, WITH CONVOYING SHIP-OF-WAR. AFTER VAN DER MEULEN 299 12. FACSIMILE OF THE OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE MONIES RECEIVED FROM THE DUTCH HERRING FISHERMEN FOR THE KING’S LICENSES 310