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belong,-' insert, verbatim, the words of the amendment inclosed in 

 the note of the British plenipotentiaries of the 22d instant, filling up 

 the blank with the word " fourth." 



2d article. The second article was altered so as to read as fol- 

 lows : 



Article II. Immediately after the ratification of this treaty by 

 both parties, as hereinafter mentioned, orders shall be sent to the 

 armies, squadrons, officers, subjects, and citizens, of the two pow- 

 ers, to cease from all hostilities; and to prevent all causes of com- 

 plaint, which might arise on account of the prizes which may be 

 taken at sea after the said ratifications of this treaty, it is recipro- 

 cally agreed, that all vessels and effects which may be taken after 

 the space of twelve days from the said ratifications, upon all part* 

 of the coast of North America, from the latitude of twenty-three 

 degrees north to the latitude of fifty degrees north, and as far east- 

 ward in the Atlantic ocean as the thirty-sixth degree of west longi- 

 tude from the meridian of Greenwich, shall be restored on each 

 .^ide ; that the time shall be thirty days in all other parts of the 

 Atlantic ocean north of the equinoctial line or equator ; and the 

 same time for the British and Irish Channels, for the Gulf of Mexico, 

 and all parts of the West Indies ; forty days for the North Seas, 

 for the Baltic, and for all other parts of the Mediterranean ; sixty 

 days for the Atlantic ocean, couth of the equator, as far as the 

 latitude of the Cape of Good Hope ; ninety days for every other 

 part of the world south of the equator, and one hundred and twenty 

 days for all other parts of the world without exception. 



It was agreed that the article respecting prisoners of war should 

 be the third article, and that the words " as hereinafter mention- 

 ed," should be substituted for the words, " shall have been ex- 

 (.hanged." 



The articles numbered in the original project 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, to be 

 respectively numbered 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 



In the 4th article, it was agreed that the blank should be filled 

 up with the words " St. Andrews, in the province of New-Bruns- 

 wick." 



In the 5th article, it was agreed that the blank should be filled 

 Op with the words '*St. Andrews, in the province of New-Bruns 

 wick." 



Near the end of the 5th article, substitute the word " fourth" 

 for " third." 



In the 6th article, it was agreed to fill up the blank with the 

 words '• Albany, in the State of New-York," and to substitute the 

 word " fourth" for " third," in the concluding paragraph. 



In the 7th article, substitute the word " fourth" for " third," in 

 the last paragraph. 



It was agreed that the article respecting the African slave trade 

 should be the 10th article, and that the words *' use their best en- 

 deavours," should be substituted for the words *' exert every 

 means in their power." 



