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tliatthe provision respecting pri- 

 soners of war, should be the sub- 

 ject of a separate article ; the 

 draft of an article on this subject 

 is subjoined. 



(1) belonging to 



(2) and taken by 



(3) of the 



(4) originally captured in the said 

 forts or places, and which shall 

 remain therein upon the ex- 

 change of the ratifications of this ^ 

 treaty. 



*o) as far as may be practicable. 



Article II. 

 •'6) shall have been exchanged, 



.7) exchange of the ratitications 



tion, take7i by {!) either party 

 from (2) the other during the 

 war, or which may be taken 

 after the signing of this treaty, 

 shall be restored without delay, 

 and without causing any destruc- 

 tion, or carrying away any (3) 

 artillery or other public proper- 

 ty, or any slaves or other pri- 

 vate property, (4) and ail ar- 

 chives, records, deeds, and pa- 

 pers, either of a ptiblic nature 

 or belonging to private persons, 

 which, in the course of the war,_ 

 may have fallen into the hands of 

 the officers of either party, shall 

 be (5) forthwith restored, and de- 

 livered to the proper authorities 

 and persons to whom they re- 

 spectively belong. 



Article II. Immediately af- 

 ter the respective ratifications of 

 this treaty, (6) orders shall be 

 sent to the armies, squadrons, 

 officers, subjects, and citizens, 

 of the two powers, to cease 

 from all hostilities : and to pre- 

 vent all causes of complaint,^ 

 which might arise on account of 

 the prizes which may be taken 

 at sea, after the (7) signing of 

 this treaty, it is reciprocally 

 agreed, that the vessels and ef- 

 fects which may be taken in the 

 Channel, and in the North Seas, 

 after the space of from 



,;8) the period of the exchange 

 of the ratifications, 



(9) the same term of for 



all parts of the Mediterranean. 



(8) that of the signature hereof, 

 shall be restored on each side ; 



that the term shall be 



from the Channel and the North 

 Seas to the Canary islands inclu- 

 sively, (9) u'hether in the ocean 



or the Mediterranean : of— 



from the said Canary Islands to 

 the equinoctial hne or equator, 



and of in all other 



parts of the world without ex- 

 ception. 



