DESPATCHES, REPORTS, CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 159 



ARTICLE A. 



Whereas differences have arisen respecting the liberty claimed by 

 the United States for the inhabitants thereof to take, dry, and cure 

 fish on certain coasts, bays, harbours, and creeks of His Britannic 

 Majesty's dominions in America : it is agreed between the high con- 

 tracting parties that the inhabitants of the said United States shall 

 have, forever, in common with the subjects of His Britannic Majesty, 

 the liberty to take fish of every kind on that part of the southern 

 coast of Newfoundland which extends from Cape Ray to the Ramea 

 Islands, on the western and northern coast of Newfoundland, from 

 the said Cape Ray to the Quirpon Islands, on the shores of the 

 Magdalen Islands, and also on the coasts, bays, harbours and creeks, 

 from Mount Joli, on the southern coast of Labrador, to and through 

 the Straits of Belleisle, and thence, northwardly, indefinitely, along 

 the coast, without prejudice, however, to any of the exclusive rights 

 of the Hudson's Bay Company; and that the American fishermen 

 shall also have liberty, forever, to dry and cure fish in any of the 

 unsettled bays, harbours, and creeks of the southern part of the 

 coast of Newfoundland, hereabove described, and of the coast of Lab- 

 rador; but so soon as the same, or any portion thereof, shall be set- 

 tled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish 

 at such portion so settled, without previous agreement for such pur- 

 pose with the inhabitants, proprietors, or possessors of the ground. 

 And the United States hereby renounce, forever, any liberty hereto- 

 fore enjoyed or claimed by the inhabitants thereof to take, dry, or 

 cure fish on or within three marine miles of any of the coasts, bays, 

 creeks, or harbours of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in Amer- 

 ica, not included within the above-mentioned limits: Provided, how- 

 ever, that the American fishermen shall be admitted to enter such 

 bays or harbours for the purpose of shelter, and of repairing dam- 

 ages therein, of purchasing wood and obtaining water, and for no 

 other purpose whatever. But they shall be under such restrictions 

 as may be necessary to prevent their taking, drying, or curing fish 

 therein, or in any other manner whatever abusing the privileges 

 hereby reserved to them. 



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 north 

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

 of north latitude, then, that a line drawn from the said point due 

 north or south, as the case may be, until the said line shall intersect 

 the said parallel of north latitude, and from the point of such in- 

 tersection, due west, along and with the said parallel, shall be the 

 line of demarcation between the territories of His Britannic 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 Lake of the AVoods to the Stony Mountains. But nothing 

 in the preceding part of this article shall be construed to extend 

 to the northwest coast of America, or to territories belonging to, or 

 claimed by. either party, on the continent of America westward of 

 the Stony Mountains: and any such country as may be claimed by 



