By another treaty made some years afterwards France was granted, for her own exclusive use, the islands of Miquelon and St.Pierre, that lie just ahead of us now.
"In the meantime the French have been allowed to do pretty much as they pleased with the west coast, until now they claim exclusive rights to its fisheries, and will hardly allow us natives to catch what we want for our own use.

They send warships to enforce their demands, and these compel us to sell bait to French fishermen at such price as they choose to offer.

Why, I have seen men forced to sell bait to the French at thirty cents a barrel, when Canadian and American fishing boats wore offering five times that much for it.

At the same time the French officers forbid us to sell to any but Frenchmen, declaring that if we do they will not only prevent us from fishing, but will destroy our nets." "I should think you would call on English warships for protection," said Cabot.

"There surely must be some on this station." "Yes," replied the other, bitterly, "there are, but they always take the part of the French, and do even more than they towards breaking up our business." "What ?" cried Cabot.