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The 12th map by Arrovrsmith iiichules the greater part of Behring 

 Sea. Tliat is the map of 18-Jl* and it is stated in the British list as 18'22, 

 but it shows additions to 1823, and it cannot have been published till 

 1823. There is sometliing very curious about that map. If it can be 

 sujjposed to have been before the parties in that negotiation, and there 

 is no evidence that it was — my learned friend, Sir llichard Webster, 

 infers it was not, and I infer it was uot. 



Mr. Jnstice Harlan. — You have references about that; for in Sir 

 Charles Bagot's letter to Mr. Canning of October the 17th, 1823, he 

 speaks of a certain locality as laid down in Arrowsmith's last map. 



Sir Charles Russell. — We are uot sure of the exact date of that. 

 We have no means of ascertaining the particular edition; but the Bus- 

 sian ma]), the Quartermaster-General's map, and Arrowsmith's map 

 were in tlie hands of the negotiators. 



Mr. Phelps. — I was going to call attention to those letters. It can- 

 not have been both those. It could hardly have been those in the 

 American negotiation, I agree with SirEichard Webster, because that 

 negotiation took ])la('e in 1823 and this map was so recent it is hardly to 

 be presumed that with no couununication and no particular reason for 

 it, it had found its way there. 1 1 is not produced by my learned friends. 

 If it is because they concur with us that it probably was not used, then 

 its omission to be ])resented is of no consequeuite; but if they are at all 

 of the idea that this map was oue that was referred to or was before 

 them, — that by it is meant Arrowsmith's last map, then it should have 

 been produced. 



Lord Hannen. — I thought there had been an explanation, or 

 attempted ex])]anation, that an enquiry was made in London, and it 

 could not be found. 



Sir Charles Bussell. — Yes; I could refer to the page about that. 



Mr. Phelps. — We have made every enquiry; and, of course, we 

 should not have the access to the British publications and documents 

 that my learned friends have on the other side. We have made every 

 effort that we could to find that map, but Vvithout success. It has dis- 

 appeared, and we cannot find it even in the British Museum, or in the 

 Libraries, or anywhere else. From that I should infer it was not very- 

 celebrated. 



Senator Morgan, — I think you have spoken of the Arrowsmith. 

 maps as hydrographic maps'? 



Mr. Phelps. — One of those that I passed over is a hydrographic 

 map. 



Senator Morgan. — Is that intended to indicate they are made 

 under the authority of the Hydrographic Office? 



Mr. Phelps. — I do not so understand it. They are only intended as 

 hydrograi)hic maps by the Author. 



Sir Charles Russell. — But he was, in fact, the Hydrographer. 



Lord Hannen. — That is now a separate Government Dei)artment. 



Sir Charles Russell. — And I think he was then called " Hydrog- 

 rapher to His Majesty." 



Senator Morgan. — Did he have a Commission"? 



Sir Charles Russell. — Well, whether it was by Patent or not, I 

 do not know. 



Senator Morgan. — He must have had some authority to be called, 

 "Hydrogra])her to His Majesty." 



Mr. Phklps. — Whether he had or not, I am utterly unable to say; 

 and I do uot feel authorized to say that he had an otficial authority. I 

 do uot know what he had. 

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