...north latitude to the middle of the channel which separates the con tinent from Vancouver's Island ; and thence southerly through the middle of the said...channel, and of Fuca's Straits, to the Pacific Ocean.'' The treaty had hardly been proclaimed before this water boundary began to be a matter of dis pute....

...north latitude to the middle of the channel which separates 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 of the whole of the said channel and straits, south of the...

...north latitude "to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island, and thence 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...

...north latitude to the middle of the channel which separates 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 of the whole of the said channel and straits, south of the forty-ninth...

...the 49th parallel "to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island and thence southerly through the middle of the said channel and of Fuca Straits to the Pacific Ocean."* The interpretation of these words was difficult, for between the...

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

...north latitude, to the middle of the channel which separates 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 of the whole of the said channel and straits, south of the 49th...

...49th parallel up to "the middle of the channel which separates 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". The only geographical features that can bound on this latter line are the waters and submerged lands...

...said parallel ... 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 De Fuca's Straits to the Pacific Ocean . . . And whereas . . . [the Hudson's Bay] Company have traded...

...north latitude «to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island and thence 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...