Note 991 — Chapter I · THE HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF THE TERRITORIAL SEA.
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Captain George St Lo, England’s Safety, or a Bridle to the French King, 1693. “During the time I was convoy to our fishing there, as aforesaid (1685-6), my business was to see that no foreigner should fish in sight of the shore, because the fish draw thither to spawn; the best draughts are there.”