...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...

...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,...

...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...

...territories of the United States and those of Her Britannic Majesty, from the point on the forty-ninth parallel of north latitude up to which it had already...westward along the said parallel of north latitude " to tho middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island, and thence southerly,...

...of north latitude, to which it was ascertained, should be continued westward along this parallel, " to the middle of the channel which separates the continent...Island, and thence southerly, through the middle of said channel and of Fuca's Straits, to the Pacific Ocean." When the commissioners appointed by the...

...territories of the United States and those of her Britannic Majesty, from the point on the forty-ninth parallel of north latitude up to which it had already been ascertained, should be continued westward aloiitf the said parallel of north latitude "to the middle of the channel which separates the continent...

...Britannic MajestV and those 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 from Vancouver-s leland ; and thence southerly, through the middle of the said Channel, and of Fuca-s Straits,...

...of Her Britannic Majesty, from the point on the 49th parallel of north latitude up to which it has already been ascertained, should be continued westward along the said parallel of north latitude uto the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island, and thence southerly...

...territories of the United States and those of Her Britannic Majesty, from the point on the forty-ninth 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 of the channel which...