...ascertained, should be continued westward along the said '.Tol^r^Emww parallel of north latitude " to the ion on the part of the Government of the respective States. The Pnea Straits, to the Pacific Ocean ;" and whereas the Commissioners appointed by the two high contracting...

...Verein. of north latitude "to the middle of the channel which separates the continent SUalen, ' "iwf from Vancouver's Island, and thence southerly, through the middle of the said channel and of Fuca Straits, to the Pacific Ocean *);" and whereas the Commissioners appointed by the two High Contracting...

...of north latitude "to the middle of the channel which separates the continent Sllalen, ' "lOTi" ^rom Vancouver's Island, and thence southerly, through the middle of the said channel and of Fuca Straits, to the Pacific Ocean*);" and whereas the Commissioners appointed by the two High Contracting...

...already been ascertained, should be continued westward along the said parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island, and thence southerly along the middle of the said channel and of Fuca Strait to the Pacific Ocean; and, whereas, the Commissioners...

...second paragraph may be read as if it were written in extenso thus : " And thence southerly through the middle of the Channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island, and through the middle of Fuca's Straits to the Pacific Ocean," the channel and the straits being so connected...

...determine the line which, according to the terms of the aforesaid Treaty, runa southerly through the middle of the channel which separates the Continent from Vancouver's Island, and of Fuca's Straits, to the Pacific Ocean. Art. II. If the Referee should be unable to ascertain and...

...made in 1846, a clause was inserted to the effect, 1 That the British boundary should extend to the middle of the channel which separates the continent...channel and of Fuca's Straits to the Pacific Ocean ; ' and the object of this was to give a free outlet to Columbia. When this treaty was negotiated,...

...Vancouver's Island, was to be " continued westward, along the forty-ninth parallel of latitude, to the middle of the channel, which separates the continent...channel and of Fuca's Straits, to the Pacific Ocean." The geographical ignorance of our Foreign Office still left the description indefinite, for, as it...

...where the boundary laid down in existing treaties terminates, and then " continued westward to the middle of the channel which separates the continent...channel and of Fuca's straits to the Pacific ocean, — provided, however, that the navigation of the whole of the said channel and straits south of the...

...United States shall be continued westward along the said forty-ninth parallel of north latitude, to the middle of the channel which separates the continent...channel, and of Fuca's Straits, to the Pacific Ocean ; provided, however, that the navigation of the whole of the said channel and straits south of the...