...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 tho said parallel of north latitude " to the middle of the channel which...

...and survey. The convention of the l5th of June, 1846, declares that the line shall be drawn through the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island. And upon this it may be asked what the word ' channel' intended to mean. Generally speaking, the word 'channel,'...

...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 c to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island, and thence southerly,...

...the territories of the United States and those of Her Britanuic Majesty, from the point on the 49th parallel of north latitude up to which it had already...continued westward along the said parallel of north latitnde ''to the middle of the channel which separates the coutinent from Vancouver's Island, and...

...States and those of "O°M we« ' »r Her Britannic Majesty, from the point on the forty-ninth п'г"; parallel of north latitude up to which it had already...ascertained, should be continued westward along the said Ï;!; parallel of north latitude " to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from...

...already been o"jj^i£ei¿rw ascertained, should be continued westward along the said •'опЛ^'Агог "* aud thence southerly, through the middle of the said channel and of Fuen •Straits, to the Pacific...

...to the Treaty, dated Washington, June 15, 1846, after it had been continued westward along the 49th parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel...which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island, shall be further drawn southerly through the middle of the said channel and of Fuca Straits to the...

...boundary on the West Coast as follows : — " The line shall be continued westward along the said 49th parallel of north 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 Straits to...

...United States terminates, the line of boundary 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 Island, and thence southerly through the middle of the said channel and of Fuca's Straits...

...recognition at any future time ; and from that mark, or opposite to it on the same parallel, to define ' The middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island, and thence southerly to the sea' "By channel, of course is meant the main navigable channel; and as from the Gulf of St....