...latitude up to which it hart already been ascertained, should be continued westward along the said parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel...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...

...been ascertained, should be continued westward along the said parallel firoflthrll. * ° J u. Vemn. of north latitude "to the middle of the channel which separates the continent MnalBTi, * S'g7Î" ''rom Vancouver's Island, and thence southerly, through the middle of the said channel...

...'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...

...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...

...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...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...

...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...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,...

...north latitude up to which it had already been ascertained, should be continued westward along the said parallel of north latitude " to the middle of the...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...