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A good deal of misconception prevailed at the time as to the amount of the concession made under the second head. The popular impression on this point was, that a gigantic monopoly was about to be surrendered; but this was far from being the case. The citizens of the United States had already, under the Convention of 1818, access to the most important cod-fisheries on the British coasts.
The stewed fowl with rice is also national. As everywhere in Portugal, bacalhao, In 1498 Seb. Cabot speaks of 'great fishes which the natives call Baccalaos. He thus makes the word 'Indian; whereas Dr. Kohl, when noticing the cod-fisheries of Europe, declares that in Germany it is Backljau. Mr.
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