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| Theſe 459,000 quintals of fiſh pro s tons of 
duce SP angof me « 


Seal oil caught i in the winter — — 4.00 tons. 


450,000 8 of fiſh yields at market, « on) 


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are about 8000 people, in the fiſheries and the ſhips which 
off the produce, 7 1 

New England hath alſo a very chifiderable fiſhery at wo 

ſeaſons in ear, any they call the ſummer and win- 

ter fiſheries ;,.the for 5 the-xſt of ſune, and ends 
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the 1 Sept ber r cmmencts the beginnin | 
of d co r, and ends the 1ſt of May: The fiſh caught in 


both are reckon'd to be worth 70 to 80,0001. The chief 


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— o g W eſt-India, idande, particularly Ja- 1 5 

read, fleur Kc. are Ke Tag 


the inferior ſort. 81940 1 7 
0 Great. quantities 
dale Dew nk, and Philadelphia ; _ as! allo many car- 
3 rk, «butter, &c. from Ireland; 0 5 
f ug . People #t Newfoundland. 


The people em loy'c d in the. N ewfoundland fiſhery 5 


maſtiyi go ſin the far „ annually, 123 Pool, \Dartmou 
pi vr f our w ern Ports; ; = and a great many fre 215 
» en ere al bo moſtly come home in 


yas taken, w 
autumn, tho' 5 ex; e Thipp'd there in che veſſels which 
cart fi ii fiſh eig e Theſe are, by the "they 
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oertain thee] fiſheries are ſome of the beſt nurſeries for 
ſailors that we have; for tis 2 laborious buſinefs,"ant they 


employ d in it endure all weathers; theſailors rak'&therein | 
are inur d to hardſhips, and yet grow” TY om: the 5 
healthfulneſs of the northern climate 1 br 5 

The ſhipping us d in theſe fiſheries require We 5 


1 of fail-cloth, (now: a valuable: wn of our 
own, which heretofore wel were ſupply'd-with-- from: the 


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: to the northern point of che iſland, and from thence un- 


57 the treaty: of Ubreabtore inhawpi 


Dutch) cordagę, iron-wark, &c. in which trade abc 


of people in theſe kingdoms get good. e mee 
ſelves and families. 


The French, by the treaty of Uridche)! were admitted 
pe- Bonaviſta (on the iſland Newfo 2 


mung down by the weſtein ſide to Cape: or Poine- Riche, e 
and no further; and were allo id todry their fiſh on land; 
within theſe limits; which they have continued to do ever 
ſince; and not only ſo, but have greatly encroach'd on 
that liberty, by extending theit fiſnery down on that fide 
of the land td Cape Ray ; and, to jultify this; "they have 
made, Point-Riche in their maps to be but T6 leagues from 
the north end of the Aland Breton; wbereab char which . 
they ſo miſcall is Cape-Ray, and Point Nich lies gy leagues 


more northerly, up the bay of St. Laurenre: and ſince the 


commencement of the war with Spain the French Have 
found the ſweetg of ſupplying the Spaniſn market; which 
will doubtleſs. induce; them yet to extend their fiſherles as 
much as poſſible. 11 41301 mide #2 rt; H e Ch KH! | 40 | 
dangedd Capes 

Breton for Placentia, und/ ga har; tt the. alben 


liberty, on N 8 . which they have carry d 


ox; an, unbounded, fifhity, wherein, tis — and by 


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good judges, chat they employ a thouſand ſail of ſhips 


annually,. frem -200:t0 40 tons burthen, and 20,000 
men on board them. Than was computation made in 
the, year 1730, that came uns then lying at Marſeilles, o 


a market, 2 20, O00 quinta of dod-fiſh. t” And tis judg'd 
that they cure {communis anhis} above! five millions of 


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Pͤbe next neceſſary 8 reſdeciing the trade 
; and fiſhery, of Newfoundland. is (in my fumble apprehen- 
ſion) howto eure it againſt'the French. And I think 
there gan be no way of doing it . mactit 17 " 9 875 | 
ing the; iſland of Breton from the French. | 
And in order thereto, tis propos d. 
That ſive ſhips, of 50 Guns each, Willen or two old 
| regiments, and proper artillery and Warlike ſtores, ſhould | 
be ſent; from. hence! to Boſton ſo early in the ſpring as to 
fail from thence: the 20th of April 1743, for Cape Breton, 
that being as ſoon, or ſooner, than Wy. TEES can arrive 
He from France, 
That orders ſhould be forthwith ſent to all our North | 
American: colonies, more eſpecially New England and New 
Vork, directing the Governors there to make immediate 
eparation, by raiſing men, and diſciplining of them, to 
! in readineſs for an expedition, on the arrival of oe faid | 
five men of war from hence at Boſton. 
That the men ſo raiſed ſhould: be nne by dome 
of his Majeſty's experienced officers; that the officers un- 
der them in the reſpective regiments \ſhould 'be gentlemen 5 
of the country; that the troops be ſubſiſted by the re- 
ſpective provinces; and chat 784 be paid 8 bis nujeſty, 
as his regular troops here. 
That theſe troops leave Boſton ry as to rech the iſland 
of Breton by the time the five men of war may be off it at 
ſea, in order to make an attack at once both by ſea and 
land; and as there are no cannon commanding the entrance 
of Gaberoſe-Bay, which is within four miles of the rampart 
of -Lewiſburgh, the men of war, with the fleet, may ſafely 
title there, and will prevent any aſſiſtanoe to the place by 
ſea, while the troops by land do the like; ſo that the 
want of proviſions . in oblige them to ſurrender 
ths — ſoon. rectly 8 Siga N "611 855 | . 
Some ſmaller, nimble men of war, or Nec * full of 
men, might at the ſame time be uſefull y employed in 
eruizing on the banles of Newfoundland, and off the coaſt 
of North America, as well to ſecure our own, as to annoy 
ente trade; and particularly to prevent their oor- 


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d Quebet; for atherwife they will probabſj hnnẽey dur 
Kath? American ſettlements N and-inſtigate 
the Indians on the back of us to end eee 
draw them from the deſign againſt Cape- Breton. 
r ee to require a ee great ex- 
vnd tho' that s allow'd, tis apprehended te be 
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Breton 
again, we not only ſecure our. Nn Newfoundland and 
New En: land fiſheries; but _ ſhall _ the French of 


theirs, whith'is no Valuable tö . 3: he 
Key y to. their ſettlement ts in N orth America, on the back 
nd what s yet 4 preater benefit td Us, And lots to 


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them, 5 will have no pont for their ſhips to lie in on the 
continent, to ſecure them from us in time of war, non to 
fend out their men ef war or priyateers from from, to enlla 
Our trade; Which as Ne from"'buy fugar Mandy as bft 
dio and from Nortk; America, Muff 6 the Way 
them, chile Breton continues in their Haniddde ned haf: 
"ETA: France been deprived thetef, on the 8 out 
of the preſent; war with them, how probable it is that their 
FHaſt India ſbips, and about forty others, which are lately 
Aartrtived from Capt ow at Fort l' Orient! would have 
Killen into. dur hands. b. E 
= If they ars ſuffer 60 K ren ain in poſſeſſion of it, may It 
EO not reaſonably be expected that our ſettlements and fiſhery 
atꝗt Newfqundland will be deſteoy d by them? That the 
5 P's! e nir to get any thing iii ediatel) be y doing it, 
they may then have the fiſb- arkets of Portugal, Spain : 
and tealy, wholly 29 themſelves? WIE SCE TH e 7 


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ondon, January 11, 1744. 
IN CE the foregoin ng, J have a letter from Philadel- 


kJ phia, with tha followibg paragraph, dated 8, Sep- 
dember, 1744: 


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N June 1 the — furrendertd to us the town: fs forts 
1 of eee We had ſome, time before taken the r 
RR | « ante mag of war of 64 ns, laden with, ammunition and other l 
at” ſtores, valued at 60,0001. ſterling : and fix other ſhips beſides, la- E 
f % den Wich ſtores and Seo ifons, When the taking of theſe prizes, | 
«. it had been e. impoſſible for; us to: ſueceed, ndtw Withſtanding 
he ardour K hach condugt of our land and ſea forces: for it is 
: « the ſtrong anden in the Weſt Indies. The French engineer 
3 told me, * Rene fying it had'cpſttwo millions ofilivres;_ and if we 55 
nt «| keep-it well garriſon'd, and ſupply'd with ſtores, I may; venture to 1 
3 4 ptbndunce it impregnable. It is the key to North America, as Gi- e 
ph. : « raltar is to the Mediterranean. By this conqueſt, the F rench fun- 1 
= F ery is entitely ruin'd, their trade up the river of St, Lawrence, and 
1 | a ta Canada, 185 commanded ; and Bar home ward- bond Indiamen, : 
F * who us dito put in Here, in their return, for proviſiom and ſtores, 
N ve depriv d of all recourſe; ſo that it is the ſevereſt blow that could 
have been given to the enemy, and in the very tendereſt „ 
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Y % Mortars, of 13 inches bore, ne 22s 
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Breton n they had 
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and from 0 to 80) men ch that they, carried with 
wit! on, and Mes for a new o gun 


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vuſhip, ready at Quebec; and that they have now, 1200 | #5 

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