...countries. It defined them to run along the forty-ninth parallel of north latitude from the great lakes to the middle of the channel which separates the continent...Island, and thence southerly through the middle of that channel to the Pacific. It neglected, however, to define tho middle of the channel, and in consequence...

...Washington of June 15, 1846, after being carried westward along the forty-ninth parallel of northern latitude to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island is thence to be drawn southerly through the middle of the said named channel and of the Fuca Straits...

...declared by treaty to be the true northern boundary of the United States, running upon this parallel to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island. Then followed a difference of opinion as to exactly where was the middle of the channel into the Pacific,...

...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...Island, and thence southerly through the middle of said channel, and of Fuca Straita to the Pacific Ocean ; " And whereas by Article III of the Treaty...

...whereby it was provided that the line of boundary between British and United States territory should be continued westward, along the 49th parallel of north latitude, to the middle of the channel which separated the continent from Vancouver's Island, and thence southwards through the middle of the channel,...

...United States and those of Her Britannic Majesty 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 Islaud, and thence southerly through the middle of the said channel, and of Fuca's Straits to the Pacific...

...concluded at Washington, in- which it was provided that the 49th parallel should be the boundary, ' to the middle of the channel which separates the continent...Island, and thence southerly, through the middle of said channel and of Fuca Straits, to the Pacific Ocean.' The debates in Congress on these subjects...

...Washington of June 15, 1846, after being carried westward along the forty-ninth parallel of northern latitude to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island is thence to be drawn southerly through the middle of the said named channel and of the Fuca Straits...

...Washington of June 15, 1846, after being carried •westward along the forty-ninth parallel of northern latitude to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island is thence to be drawn southerly through the middle of the said named channel and of the Fuca Straits...

...Washington of June 15, 1846, after being carried westward along the forty-ninth parallel of northern latitude to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island is thence to be drawn southerly through the middle of the said named channel and of the Fuca Straits...