24 NATURAL AND CIVIL 



October 7, 1763, determining the southern 

 boundary of the province of Quebec ; and from 

 the treaty of peace between Britain and the 

 States of America, in 1783. 



Beginning at the southwest comer of the 

 town of PoMTial, the west line of Vermont runs 

 northerly, along the western boundaries of the 

 townships of Pownal, Bennington, Shaftsbury, 

 Arlington, Sandgate, Rupert, Pawlet, Wells, 

 and Poultne}', as the said townships are now 

 held and possessed, to the river commonly cal- 

 led Poultney river ; thence down the same, 

 through the middle of the deepest channel there- 

 of, to East Bay ; thence through the middle of 

 the deepest channel of East Bay, and the waters 

 thereof, to %vhere the sahie communicate with 

 Lake Champlain j thence through the middle 

 of the deepest channel of Lake Champlain, to 

 the eastward of the islands called the Four 

 Brothers, and to the westward of the Islands 

 called the Grand Isle, and Long Isle, or the Two 

 Heroes, and to the westward of the Isle la Mott, 

 to the forty fifth degree of north latitude. This 

 line is about one hundred and seventy miles in 

 length ; and results from the declaration of the 

 commissioners of Newyork, of October 7, 

 1 790 ; and the concurring act of the General 

 Assembly of the State of Vermont, passed Oc- 

 tober 28, 1790. 



Computing by the latitudes, the length of the 

 State from the southern to tlie northern bounda- 

 ry, is one hundred and fifty seven miles and an 

 half. The mean width from east to west is a- 

 bout sixty five miles. This will give 10,237 

 and an half square miles, or 6,552,000 acres, as 



