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Commcncirig from the southernmost point of the island called Prince 

 of Wales Island, which point lies in the j)arallel of 54 degrees forty 

 minutes, north latitude, and between the one hundred and thirty-first, 

 and the one hundred and thirty-third degree of west longitude (Merid- 

 ian of Greenwich), the said line shall ascend to the north along the 

 channel called Portland Channel, as far as the point of the continent 

 where it stril^es the fifty-sixth degree of north latitude; from this last 

 mentioned iDoint the line of demarkation shall follow the summit of the 

 mountains situated parallel to the coast, as fur as the point of intersec- 

 tion of the one hundred and forty-first degree, of west longitude (of 

 the same meridian) and, finally, from the said point of intersection, the 

 said meridian line of the one hundred and forty-first degree, in its i)ro- 

 longation as far as the Frozen Ocean, shall form the limit between the 

 Eussian and British possessions on the continent of America to the 

 Northwest. 



"IV. With reference to the line of demarkation laid down in the pre- 

 ceding article it is understood : 



First. That the Island called Prince of Wales Island shall belong 

 wholly to Eussia. 



Second. That wherever the summit of the mountains which extend 

 in a direction parallel to the coast, from the fifty-sixth degree of north 

 latitude to the point of intersection of the one hundred and forty-first 

 degree of west longitude, shall prove to be at the distance of more than 

 ten marine lejigues from the ocean, the limit between the British posses- 

 sions and the line of coast which is to belong to Eussia, as above men- 

 tioned, shall be formed by a line parallel to the windings of the coast, and 

 which shall never exceed the distance of ten marine leagues there- 

 from. 



" V. It is moreover agreed, that no establishment shall be formed by 

 either of the two parties within the limits assigned by the two pre- 

 ceding articles to the possessions of the other; consequently, British 

 subjects shall not form any establishment either upon the coast, or 

 upon the border of the continent comprised within the limits of the 

 Eussian possessions, as designated in the two preceding articles; and, 

 in like manner, no establishment shall be formed by Eussian subjects 

 beyond the said limits. 



" VI. It is understood that the subjects of H ; Hritannic Majesty, from 

 whatever quarter they may arrive, whether from the ocean, or from 



