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of," insert " any part of" and substitute " points" for " point," af- 

 ter the words " to be drawn due east from the." 

 Agreed to by the British plenipotenitaries. 



5. Article 3d. Strike out the words " whereas claims have been 

 made by the government of the United States to certain islands in 

 the Bay of Fundy," and msert, "whereas the severals islands in 

 the Bay of Passamaquoddy, which is part of the Bay of Fundy, 

 and the island of Grand Menan, in the said Bay of Fundy, are 

 claimed by the United States, as being comprehended within the 

 aforesaid boundaries." 



Agreed to by the British plenipotentiaries. 



6. Article 7th. In the alteration, consisting of the words "or of 

 the sovereign or state so referred to as in many of the preceding 

 articles contained," substitute " any" to " many." 



Not insisted on ; the British plenipotentiaries consenting to sub- 

 stitute the words " the four next" for the marginal words " many 

 of the." 



7. Articles 3, 4, 5, and 6. Provide that the decisions of the 

 commissioners shall be made within a limited time. 



Objected to by the British plenipotentiaries. 



8. Article 8th. Substitute, after the words " to the westward of 

 the said lake so far as," the words " their said respective territo- 

 ries," instead of the words " the territories of the United States." 



Agreed to by the British plenipotentiaries. 



0^[9' Article 8th. Strike out from the words " and it is fur- 

 ther agreed," to the end. 



Reserved by the British plenipotentiaries for the consideration 

 of their government. 



10. The American plenipotentiaries also proposed the following 

 amendment to Article 8th, viz. " The inhabitants of the United 

 States shall continue to enjoy the liberty to take, dry, and cure 

 fish, m places within the exclusive jurisdiction of Great Britain, as 

 secured by the former treaty of peace ; and the navigation of the 

 river Mississippi, within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United 

 States, shall remain free and open to the subjects of Great Britain, 

 in the manner secured by the said treaty ; and it is further agreed, 

 that the subjects of his Britannic majesty shall at all times have 

 access, from such place as may be selected for that purpose, in his 

 Britannic majesty's aforesaid territories, west, and within three 

 hundred miles of the Lake of the Woods, in the aforesaid territo- 

 ries of the United States, to the river Mississippi, in order to enjoy 

 the benefit of the navigation of that river, with their goods, effects, 

 and merchandise, whose importation into the said States shall not 

 be entirely prohibited, on the payment of the same duties as would 

 be payable on the importation of the same into the Atlantic ports 

 of the said States, and on conforming with the usual custom-house 

 regulations." 



This amendment wns left with the British plenipotentiaries for 

 consideration. 



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