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the said Cape Eay to the Quirpon Islands on the shores of the 

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

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

 the Streights of Belleisle and thence northwardly indefinitely along 

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

 of the Hudson Bay Company: And that the American fisherman 

 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 Labrador ; 

 but so soon as the same, or any portion thereof, shall be settled, it 

 shall not be lawful for the said fisherman to dry or cure fish at such 

 portion so settled, without previous agreement for such purpose with 

 the inhabitants, proprietors, or possessors of the ground. And the 

 United States hereby renounce forever, any liberty heretofore 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 har- 

 bours of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in America not in- 

 cluded within the abovementioned limits; Provided however, that 

 the American fisherman shall be admitted to enter such bays or har- 

 bours for the purpose of shelter and of repairing damages therein, 

 of purchasing wood, and of obtaining water, and for no other pur- 

 pose 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 II 



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 lati- 

 tude, 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 intersection due 

 west along and with the said parallel shall be the line of demarcation 

 between the territories of the United States, and those of his Britannic 

 Majesty, and that the said line shall form the northern boundary of 

 the said territories of the United States, and the southern boundary of 

 the territories of His Britannic Majesty, from the Lake of the Woods 

 to the Stony Mountains. 



Article III 



It is agreed, that any country that may be claimed by either party 

 on the northwest coast of America, westward of the Stony Mountains, 

 shall, together with its harbours, bays, and creeks, and the navigation 

 of all rivers within the same, be free and open, for the term of ten 

 years from the date of the signature of the present convention, to 

 the vessels, citizens, and subjects of the two Powers; it being well 

 understood, that this agreement is not to be construed to the preju- 

 dice of any claim, which either of the two high contracting parties 

 may have to any part of the said country, nor shall it be taken to 



