...'i,1.''.! Л'Г|')1'Ь' '"'''" ascertained, should be continued westward along the said parallel u. 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...

...of June 15, 1846, which has to be interpreted. The Treaty of 1846 draws the boundary line through " the middle of the " channel which separates the Continent from Vancouver's Island." It is perfectly evident, from a glance at the map, that the islands between the. Continent and Vancouver's...

...4197. a l re ady been ascertained, should be continued westward alone the said parallel u. Verein. O f north latitude "to the middle of the channel which separates the continent Stuten, "'mí' fr° ra Vancouver's Island, and thence southerly, through the middle of ihe said channel...

...terminates, th line of boundary — — shall be continued westward along the said 49th parallel of non latitude, to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver Island ; and thence southerly , through the middle of the said channel , and of Fuca'i Straits,...

...parallel of north latitude up to which it had already been ascertained, should bo continued westward along the said parallel of north latitude " to the middle...Pacific Ocean ;" and whereas the Commissioners appointed t>y the two High Contracting Parties to determine that portion of the boundary which runs southerly...

...parallel of north latitude up to which it had already been ascertained, should be continued westward along the said parallel of north latitude " to the middle...the said channel and of Fuca Straits, to the Pacific Oceau;" and whereas the Commissioners appointed by the two High Contracting Parties to determine that...

...parallel of north latitude up to which it had already been ascertained, should be continued westward along the said parallel of north latitude " to the middle...through the middle of the said channel and of Fuca Strnits, to the Pacific Ocean ; " and whereas the Commissioners appointed by the two High Contracting...

...order to save Vancouver's Island, was to be " continued westward, along the forty-ninth parallel of latitude, to the middle of the channel, which separates...southerly, through the middle of the said channel and of Fuca's Straits, to the Pacific Ocean." The geographical ignorance of our Foreign Office still left...

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

...Treaty 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...southerly through the middle of the said channel and of Fuca's Straits to the Pacific Ocean ; ' and the object of this was to give a free outlet to Columbia....