. The fisheries dispute : a suggestion for its adjustment by abrogating the convention of 1818 and resting on the rights and liberties defined in the treaty of 1783 [microform] : a letter to the Honourable William M. Evarts of the United States Senate. Fisheries; Pêche commerciale. lil!. THE FISHERIES DISPUTE. settled and fortified Cape Breton, and in 1721 their fleet of fishing vessels was larger than ever and said to be quite four hundred. In 1745 England ?nd France were again at war, and the conquest of Gape Breton was undertaken, and Louisbourg, named in honor of the King, was the point of
. The fisheries dispute : a suggestion for its adjustment by abrogating the convention of 1818 and resting on the rights and liberties defined in the treaty of 1783 [microform] : a letter to the Honourable William M. Evarts of the United States Senate. Fisheries; Pêche commerciale. lil!. THE FISHERIES DISPUTE. settled and fortified Cape Breton, and in 1721 their fleet of fishing vessels was larger than ever and said to be quite four hundred. In 1745 England ?nd France were again at war, and the conquest of Gape Breton was undertaken, and Louisbourg, named in honor of the King, was the point of attack— " twenty-five years and thirty million of livres had been re- quired to complete it, and more than two hundred cannon mounted to defend it. So ;ireat was its strength that it was called ' The Dunkirk of America.' It had nun- neries and palaces, terraces and gardens. That such a city rose u^yon a lone desolate isle in the infancy of American colonization appears incredible ; explanation is alorre found in the fishing enthusiasm of the ; The fleet sailed from Boston in March. The colonial ships and the royal squadron, supported by the colonists on shore, maintained the siege with surprising energy. Nine thousand cannon- balls and six hundred bombs were discharged by the assail- ants, fifteen hundred of whom, badly sheltered and exposed to cold and fog, became unfit for duty, and yet on the forty- ninth day of the investment the French commander surren- dered, and Pepperell, by keeping the French flag flying, lured within their grasp ships with cargoes of great value. Thirty years later the capture was pronounced in the House of Commons " an everlastirig memorial tc the zeal, courage, and perseverance of the troops of New ; " With the present condition of Cape Breton in view," remarks Mr. Sabine, " we almost imagine that we hold in our hands books of fiction rather than the records of the real, when we read as we
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