...the south end of the lake Nipissing, and thence straight to the source of the river Mississippi, west by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river Mississippi, from its source to where the said line shall intersect the thirty-first degree of north...

...Atlantic Ocean;, east by a line to l..c drawn along the middle of the river St. Crojx, from its.mouth to the Bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source, directly north to tlie aforesaid highlands, which divide the riyers-that fall into the Atlantic Ocean from those that...

...south end of the lake Nipissing, and thence straight to the source of the river Mississippi, zcttt by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river Mississippi, from its source to where the said line shall intersect the thirty-first degree of north...

...south end of the lake Nipissing, and thence straight to the source of the river Mississippi, iceit by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river Mississippi, from its source to where the said line shall intersect the thirty-first degree of north...

...undersigned may be permitted to assert that it is JlOt. The treaty of 1783 described the boundary, as "a line to be drawn along the middle of the river...mouth, in the bay of Fundy, to its source, and from it& source directly north to the highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantick ocean...

...St. Mary's River; and thence down along the middle of St. Mary's Rivet to the Atlantic Ocean ; eaft, by a line to be drawn along the middle of the River...Croix, from its mouth in the Bay of Fundy, to its fourcc; and from its fource direftly north, to the aforefaid Highlands, which divide the rivers that...

...say they, that is at the Devil's Head, the following description in the treaty begins, viz. " bounded east by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in ihe bay of Fundy to its source." Again, a line drawn from the mouth of St. Croix, at Devil's Head,...

...to the south end of Nepissing ; and thence straight to the source of the river Mississippi : west, by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river Mississippi from its source to where the said line shall intersect the thirty-first degree of north...

...northwesternmost head of Connecticut River. ' ' And, in another part of the same article, it is added, " east by a line to be drawn along the middle of the...from those which fall into the River St. Lawrence." The meaning of these words has been the great point at issue. As a proof of the deficiency of geographical...

...of St. Mary's river ; and thence down along the middle of St. Mary's river to the Atlantick ocean. East, by a line to be drawn along the middle of the...highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Ailantick ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence ; comprehending all islands within...