...' the line shall cross the River St. Lawrence and Lake Champlain in 45 degrees north latitude, pass along the Highlands which divide the rivers that empty themselves into the St. Lawrence from those which fall into the sea, and along the north coast to the Bay of Chaleur.'...

...line, crossing the River St. Lawrence and the Lake Champlain in forty-five degrees of north latitude, passes along the highlands which divide the rivers...also along the North coast of the Bay des Chaleurs, &c. This description is vague, inasmuch as it does not prescribe the manner in which the line is to...

...line, crossing the River St. Lawrence and the Lake Champlain in forty-five degrees of north latitude, passes along the highlands which divide 'the rivers that empty themselves into the said River S(. Lawrence, from those which fall into the sea ; and also along the north coast of the Bale des Chaleurs,...

...treaty of 1783, are in part adopted, viz. " bounded on the south by a line from the Bay of Chaltms along the highlands which divide the rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence from those which full into the Jit/antic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of...

...the boundary extending thence westwardly are both expressly described in the treaty, as being on and along the highlands which divide the rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean : it is impossible that the negotiators...

...line, crossing the River St. Lawrence and the Lake Champlain in forty-five degrees of north latitude, passes along the highlands which divide the rivers...also along the north coast of the Bay des Chaleurs," &c. The treaty only reverses the course, and defines the same boundary to be " Along the said highlands,...

...pass the St. Lawrence and the Lake Champlain, in 45° N. lat., and then to pass along the high lands which divide the rivers that empty themselves into...also along the north coast of the Bay des Chaleurs. In this passage the " rivers which fall into the sea" must include the St. John; and the sea and the...

...following is the language employed, to wit : '^bounded on the south by a line from the Bay of Chaleurs, along [the highlands which divide the rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the sea, to a point in fortyfive degrees of northern...

...description we find the following words : " Bounded on the south by a line/row the Bay of Chaleurs, along the highlands which divide the rivers that empty themselves into the River St. Lawrence from those which fall inia the sea to a point in 45 degrees of north latitude."...

...the mariner : with the loss of the vessel, his (mail and hard-earned income ceases, or he is disthe sea, and also along the north coast of the Bay des Chaleurs and the coast of the Gulf of St. Lawrence to Cape Hosiers. " In 1774 an act of Parliament thus defined...