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Pierre and Miquelon to us which would have practically ceded to France in full sovereignty all the best fishing coasts of that land, with every prospect of settling the interior, in exchange for two islets devastated by war and then in British hands; the right of the French to a share in the whale fishery in those seas; the establishment of a French fishing station in the Falkland Isles; and the extension of the French districts around the towns of Yanaon and Mahé in India.

Her trade in India soon dwindled into insignificance before the powerful and wealthy British East India Company. "French India" to-day consists of Pondicherry, Karikal, Yanaon, Mahe, and Chandarnagar 196 square miles in all, while the Indian Empire of Britain spreads over an area of 1,800,000 square miles.

Pierre and Miquelon to us which would have practically ceded to France in full sovereignty all the best fishing coasts of that land, with every prospect of settling the interior, in exchange for two islets devastated by war and then in British hands; the right of the French to a share in the whale fishery in those seas; the establishment of a French fishing station in the Falkland Isles; and the extension of the French districts around the towns of Yanaon and Mahé in India.

In October, 1801, these amounted to the Isle of Bourbon and the Isle of France; for the former French possessions in India, namely, Pondicherry, Mahé, Karikal, Chandernagore, along with their factories at Yanaon, Surat, and two smaller places, had been seized by the British, and were not to be given back to France until six months after the definitive treaty of peace was signed.

In October, 1801, these amounted to the Isle of Bourbon and the Isle of France; for the former French possessions in India, namely, Pondicherry, Mahé, Karikal, Chandernagore, along with their factories at Yanaon, Surat, and two smaller places, had been seized by the British, and were not to be given back to France until six months after the definitive treaty of peace was signed.