IV.  His  Britannic  Majesty  engages  to  take  the  most  efltectual  meas-
ures to  prevent  the  navigation  and  fishery  of  His  subjects  in  the  Paiufic
Ocean,  or  in  the  South  Seas,  from  being  made  a  pretext  for  illicit
trade  with  the  Spanish  settlements ;  and,  with  this  view,  it  is  more-
over expressly  stipulated,  that  British  subjects  shall  not  navigate,  or
carry  on  their  fishery  in  the  said  seas,  witJiin  the  space  of  ten  sea
leagues  from  any  part  of  the  coasts  already  occupied  by  Spain.
V.  It  is  agreed,  that  as  well  in  the  places  which  are  to  be  restored  to
the  British  subjects,  by  virtue  of  the  1st  Article,  as  in  all  other  parts
of  the  north-western  coasts  of  North  America,  or  of  the  islands  adja-
cent, situated  to  the  north  of  tbe  parts  ol  the  said  coast  already  occu-
pied by  Spain,  wherever  the  subjects  of  either  of  the  two  Powers
shall  have  made  settlements  since  the  month  of  Ai)nl,  1789,  or  shall
hereafter  make  any,  the  subjects  of  the  other  shall  have  free  access,  and
shall  carry  on  their  trade,  without  any  disturbance  or  molestation.
VI.  It  is  further  agreed,  with  respect  to  the  eastern  and  western
coasts  of  South  America,  and  to  the  islands  adjacent,  that  no  settle-
ment shall  be  formed  hereafter,  by  the  respective  subjects,  in  such  parts
ol  those  coasts  as  are  situated  to  the  south  of  those  parts  of  the  same
coasts,  and  of  the  islands  adjacent,  which  are  already  occupied  by
Spain:  provided  that  the  said  respective  subjects  shall  retain  the  lib-
erty of  landing  on  the  coasts  and  islands  so  situated,  for  the  purposes
of  their  fishery,  and  of  erecting  thereon  huts,  and  other  temporary
buildings,  serving  only  for  those  purposes.
