...along the said forty-ninth parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel which Réparâtes the continent from Vancouver's island, and thence southerly through the middle of the said channel and of Fuca's straits to the Pacific ocean : provided, however, that the navigation...

...words of the treaty, "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 Island," there appears to be no dispute, and there is no conflict either as to that part of it which leads through...

...shall be continued Westward along the 49th parallel o North latitude to the middle of the channel whicl separates the Continent from Vancouver's Island and thence Southerly through the middle of the said channel, and of Fuca Straits, to the Pncitic Ocean ; provided, however, that the navigation...

...liritauiiie Majesty shall be continued westward along the said forty-ninth parallel ot north latitude, to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's It)<iii<]. ai.-d thence southerly through the middle of the said) channel, and of Kuca's Straits, to...

...question in doubfc as to the meaning of that -treaty relates to the line described as beginning in the u middle of the channel which separates the continent...Island, and thence southerly through the middle of the said channel and of Fuca's Straits to the Pacific Ocean." What is the meaning of the word " channel"...

...the line of boundary, as prescribed in the treaty, along the forty-ninth parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island. " The point next to be ascertained is the middle of the channel which separates the continent from...

...had already been ascertained, should be continued westward along the said parallel of north latitude "to the middle of the channel which separates the, continent from Vancouver's bland, and then« southerly through the middle of the said channel, and of Fuca's straits, to the Pat-ilk1...

...to determine the line which, according to the terms of the aforesaid treaty, runs southerly through the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's island andPuca's straits to tho Pacific ocean ; and it is further agreed that within three months after the...

...fatally consented to deflect it through the Gulf of Georgia and the Strait of Fuca, using the words, "the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island." It was perfectly well understood at the time that the compact group of intermediate islands of which...

...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 Island, aud thence southerly, through the middle of the said channel, and of Fuca's Straits, to the Pacific...