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It beinf? well nuderstood that the said 

 right of fishery shall not be exercised by 

 the subjects of either of the two Powers, 

 nearer th;in two marine leagues from the 

 respective possessions of the other. 



! AUTICLE II. 



Bien entendu, que la dite libert6 de 

 pecherie ne sei'a exercee par les sujets de 

 I'une des deux Puissances qu'a la distance 

 de 2 lieues muritimesdes possessions res- 

 pectives de I'autre. 



Article II. 



The line which separates the posses- 

 sions of the two High Contracting Par- 

 ties upon the continent and the Islands 

 of America to the north-west, shall be 

 drawn in the manner following: 



Commencing from the two points of the 

 island called "Prince of Wales' Island," 

 which form the soutlieru extremity 

 thereof, which points lie in the parallel 

 of 54° 40', and between the 131st andlSord 

 degree of west longitude (meridian of 

 Greenwich), the line of frontier between 

 the British and Russian possessions shall 

 ascend northerly along tlie channel called 

 PortlandChannel, till it strikes the coast 

 of the Continent lying in the oGth degree 

 of north latitude. From this point it 

 shall be carried along that coast, in a 

 direction parallel to its windings, and at 

 or within the seaward base of the moun- 

 tains by which it is bounded, as iar as 

 the 139th degree of longitude west of the 

 said meridian. Thence the said meridian 

 line of 139th degree of west longitude, in 

 its extension as far as the Frozen Ocean, 

 shall form the boundary of the British 

 and Russian possessions on the said Cou- 

 tiueut of America to the north-west. 



La ligne separative entre les posses- 

 sions des deux Hautes Parties Contrac- 

 tantes sur le continent et les Isles de 

 FAm^rique dn nord-ouest, sera tracee de 

 la maniere suivante : 



En conmien^ant des deux points de 

 I'isle dite dn Prince de Galles, qui en fer- 

 ment Fextr^mite m6ridionale, lcs([uels 

 l)oints sont situ<5s sous leparallele de 54° 

 40', et entre le 131« et le 133'= degre de 

 longitude onest (mt5ridien de Greenwich), 

 la ligne de la frontiere, entre les posses- 

 sions Britanniques et Rnsses, remontera, 

 an nord, par la passe dite le Portland 

 Channel, jusqu'a ce qn'ell<^ touche a la 

 c6te de la terre ierme situce an 56" degr6 

 de latitude nord. Ue ce point elle suivra 

 cette cote, parallelement a ses sinuosite's, 

 et sous ou dans la base vers la mer des 

 montagnes qui la bordent, jusqu'au 139^ 

 degre de longitude ouest du dit meridien. 

 Et de la, la susdite ligne mcridionalo du 

 139"= degi'e de longitude ouest, en sa pro- 

 longation jusqu'a laMerGlaciale, formera 

 la limite des possessions Britanniques 

 et Rosses, sur le dit Continent de l'Am6- 

 rique du uord-ouest. 



Article III. 



It is, nevertheless, understood, with re- 

 gard to the stipulations of the preceding 

 Article: 



i. That the said line of coast on the 

 Continent of America, which forms the 

 boundaryof the Russian i)ossessions, shall 



not, in any case, extend more than 



nuirino leagues in breadth from the sea 

 towards the interior, at whatever distance 



the aforesaid mountains may lie. 

 64 2. That British subjects sliall for- 



ever freely navigate and trade alon g 

 the said line of coast, and along the neigh- 

 bouring islands. 



3. That the navigation and connnerce 

 of those rivers of the continent which 

 cross this line of coast shall be open to 

 British subjects, as well to those inhab- 

 iting or visiting the interior of this 

 continent, as to those coming from the 

 Pacific Ocean, who shall touch at these 

 latitudes. 



Article IV. 



The port of Sitka or Nove Archangelsk 

 shall be, and shall for ever remain, open 

 to the couiiucrce of the subjects of His 

 Britannic Majesty, 



Article III. 



II est convenu n^anmoius, par rapport 

 aux stipulations de I'Article precedent: 



1. Que la suSdite lisiere de c6te sur le 

 Continent del'Anioriqne,forniant la limite 

 des possessions Russes, ue doit, en aucuu 

 cas, s'ctendre en largeur depuis la mer 

 vers.l'interieur, an dela de la distance de 

 lieues maritiraes, a quehjue dis- 

 tance que seront les susdites montagnes. 



2. Que les sujets Britantu((ucs navigue- 

 ront et commenceront libremcnt a per- 

 petiiite sur la dite lisiere de cote, et sur 

 celle des isles qui I'avoisinent. 



3. Quo la navigation et le commerce 

 des fleuves du continent traversant cette 

 lisiere, seront libres aux sujets Britan- 

 niques, tant a ceux habitant oufrequen- 

 tant Fint^rienr de ce continent, qu'a ceux 

 qui aborderont ces parages du c6t6 de 

 I'Oceau Pacifique. 



Article IV. 



Le port de Sitka ou Nove Archangelsk 

 sera et restera h jamais ouvert au com- 

 merce des sujets de Sa Majeste Biitanni- 

 que. 



