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A controversy (1886 --93) between Great Britain and the United States as to the right of Canadians not licensed by the United States to carry on seal fishing in the Bering Sea, over which the United States claimed jurisdiction as a mare clausum. A court of arbitration, meeting in Paris in 1893, decided against the claim of the United States, but established regulations for the preservation of the fur seal.

• Fished
  of Fish
• BERCEUSE
  A vocal or instrumental composition of a soft tranquil character, having a lulling effect; a cradle song.
• Bergmeal
  An earthy substance, resembling fine flour. It is composed of the shells of infusoria, and in Lapland and Sweden is sometimes eaten, mixed with flour or ground birch bark, in times of scarcity. This name is also given to a white powdery variety of
• Fishmonger
  A dealer in fish.
• COURTLEET
  A court of record held once a year, in a particular hundred, lordship, or manor, before the steward of the leet. Blackstone.
• Bernardine
  Of or pertaining to St. Bernard of Clairvaux, or to the Cistercian monks.
• Great-grandson
  A son of one's grandson or granddaughter.
• GREATWHITEWAY
  Broadway, in New York City, in the neighborhood chiefly occupied by theaters, as from about 30th Street about 50th Street; -- so called from its brilliant illumination at night.
• Berthing
  of Berth
• Meeten
  To render fit.
• Claimed
  of Claim
• Preservation
  The act or process of preserving, or keeping safe; the state of being preserved, or kept from injury, destruction, or decay; security; safety; as, preservation of life, fruit, game, etc.; a picture in good preservation.
• Courteously
  In a courteous manner.
• Right-handed
  Using the right hand habitually, or more easily than the left.
• Courtling
  A sycophantic courtier.
• Statesman
  A man versed in public affairs and in the principles and art of government; especially, one eminent for political abilities.
• Decidence
  A falling off.
• Unite
  To put together so as to make one; to join, as two or more constituents, to form a whole; to combine; to connect; to join; to cause to adhere; as, to unite bricks by mortar; to unite iron bars by welding; to unite two armies.
• Berberine
  An alkaloid obtained, as a bitter, yellow substance, from the root of the barberry, gold thread, and other plants.
• Fishing
  of Fish

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