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And it is further agreed that nothing contained in this article shall 

 be construed to give to the inhabitants of the United States any lib- 

 erty to take fish within the rivers of His Britannic Majesty's terri- 

 tories, as above described ; and it is agreed, on the part of the United 

 States, that the fishermen of the United States resorting to the 

 mouths of such rivers shall not obstruct the navigation thereof, nor 

 wilfully injure nor destroy the fish within the same, either by setting 

 nets across the mouths of such rivers, or by any other means what- 

 ever. 



His Britannic Majesty further agrees that the vessels of the United 

 States, l>ona fide engaged in such fishery, shall have liberty to enter 

 the bays and harbours of any of His Britannic Majesty's dominions 

 in North America, for the purpose of shelter, or of repairing dam- 

 ages therein, and of purchasing wood and obtaining water, and for 

 no other purpose; and all vessels so resorting to the said bays and 

 harbours shall be under such restrictions as may be necessary to pre- 

 vent their taking, drying, or curing fish therein. 



It is further well understood that the liberty of taking, drying, and 

 curing fish, granted in the preceding part of this article, shall not be 

 construed to extend to any privilege of carrying on trade with any 

 of His Britannic Majesty's subjects residing within the limits here- 

 inbefore assigned for the use of the fishermen of the United States, 

 for any of the purposes aforesaid. 



And in order the more effectually to guard against smuggling, it- 

 shall not be la\vful for the vessels of the United States, engaged in 

 the said fishery, to have on board any goods, wares, or merchandise 

 whatever, except such as may be necessary for the prosecution of the 

 fishery, or the support of the fishermen whilst engaged therein, or in 

 the prosecution of their voyages to and from the said fishing grounds. 

 And any vessel of the United States which shall contravene this 

 regulation may be seized, condemned, and confiscated, together with 

 her cargo. 



ARTICLE B. 



It is agreed that a line drawn from the most northwestern point 

 of the Lake of the Woods along the forty-ninth parallel of latitude, 

 or, if the said point shall not be in the forty-ninth parallel of north 

 latitude, then that a line drawn due north or south, as the case may be, 

 until it shall intersect the said parallel of north latitude, and from the 

 point of such intersection, due west, along and with the said parallel, 

 shall be the line of demarcation between the territories of His Britan- 

 nic Majesty and those of the United States; and that the said line 

 shall form the southern boundary of the said territories of His 

 Britannic Majesty, and the northern boundary of the territories of 

 the United States, from the said Lake of the Woods to the Stony 

 Mountains; and, in order to prevent any disputes as to the territorial 

 rights of either of the contracting parties on the Northwest Coast of 

 America, or anywhere to the westward of the Stony Mountains, it 

 is agreed that so much of the said country as lies between the forty- 

 fifth and forty-ninth parallels of latitude, together with its harbours, 

 bays, and creeks, and the navigation of all rivers within the same, 

 shall be free and open to the subjects and citizens of the two States, 

 respectively, for the purpose of trade and commerce; it being well 

 understood that, although, by virtue of this arrangement, the two 



