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*' the principal mouth of the river Orinoco, and is on the 

 " left side. 



" Moruga, a river of the province and governmcHt of 

 " Cumana. It rises in the sierra of Imataca, and enters 

 " the sea near the river Pomeroon, in the Distri6l pos- 

 " sessed by the Dutch." 



A? regards the Treaty of Cession, in 1814, by which 

 the property in the Dutch Colonies to the North of Suri- 

 nam, passed to the British, there is the following note 

 (p. 173) in Venezuelan International Law : — 



" 1814. — A Convention was concluded in this year 

 " between the Netherlands and Great Britain, by which 

 " the former ceded to the latter some of her colonies in 

 " America, conforming to the limits which were recog- 

 " nized at the time." 



The following is the clause in the Convention of 1814, 

 that transferred the Dutch Settlements to Great 

 Britain : — 



" In consideration of the engagements above mentioned, 

 " the Prince Sovereign of the Netherlands consents to 

 " cede in all sovereignty to His Britannic Majesty, the 

 " Cape of Good Hope and the establishments of Dem- 

 " erara, Essequibo and Berbice, on condition, however, 

 " that the subjedls of H. R. H. the Prince Sovereign, 

 " who own property in said colonies or establishments, 

 " shall be at liberty (saving the regulations which shall 

 " be agreed upon in a supplementary convention) to 

 " navigate and trade between said establishments and 

 " the territories of said Prince Sovereign in Europe." 



The pretence of the Venezuelans, that, in ceding the 

 ' establishment' of Essequibo, the Dutch did not cede the 

 right bank of that river, to Great Britain, is nothing less 



