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of his Britannic majesty shall not land at any place where there may be a 

 Russian establishment, without the permission of the governor or com- 

 mandant; and, on the other hand, that Russian subjects shall not land, 

 without permission, at any British establishment on the north-west coast. 



Art. 3. The line of demarkation between the possessions of the high 

 contracting parties, upon the coast of the continent, and the islands of 

 America to the north-west, shall be drawn in the manner following: Com- 

 mencing from the southernmost point of the island called Prince of Wales's 

 Island, which point lies in the parallel of 54 degrees 40 minutes north 

 latitude, and between the 131st and the 133d degree of west longitude, 

 (meridian of Greenwich,) the said line shall ascend to the north along 

 the channel called Portland Channel, as far as the point of the continent 

 where it strikes the 56th degree of north latitude. From this last-men- 

 tioned point, the line of demarkation shall follow the summit of the moun- 

 tains situated parallel to the coast, as far as the point of intersection of the 

 141st degree of west longitude, (of the same meridian.) And, finally, 

 from the said point of intersection, the said meridian line of the 141st 

 degree, in its prolongation as far as the Frozen Ocean, shall form the 

 limit between the Russian and British possessions on the continent of 

 America to the north-west. 



Art. 4. With reference to the line of demarkation laid down in the 

 preceding article, it is understood — 



1st. That the island called Prince of Wales's Island shall belong 

 wholly to Russia. 



2d. That whenever the summit of the mountains which extend in a 

 direction parallel to the coast, from the 56th degree of north latitude to 

 the point of intersection of the 141st degree of west longitude, shall prove 

 to be at the distance of more than ten marine leagues from the ocean, the 

 limit between the British possessions and the line of coast which is to 

 belong to Russia, as above mentioned, shall be formed by a line parallel to 

 the windings of the coast, and which shall never exceed the distance of 

 ten marine leagues therefrom. 



Art. 5. It is, moreover, agreed that no establishment shall be formed 

 by either of the two parties within the limits assigned by the two preced- 

 ing articles to the possessions of the other ; consequently, British subjects 

 shall not form any establishment either upon the coast, or upon the border 

 of the continent comprised within the limits of the Russian possessions, as 

 designated in the two preceding articles ; and, in like manner, no estab- 

 lishment shall be formed by Russian subjects beyond the said limits. 



Art. 6. It is understood that the subjects of his Britannic majesty, 

 from whatever quarter they may arrive, whether from the ocean or from 

 the interior of the continent, shall forever enjoy the right of navigating 

 freely, and without any hinderance whatever, all the rivers and streams 

 which, in their course towards the Pacific Ocean, may cross the line of 

 demarkation upon the line of coast described in article 3 of the present 

 convention. 



Art. 7. It is also understood that, for the space of ten years from the 

 signature of the present convention, the vessels of the two powers, or 

 those belonging to their respective subjects, shall mutually be at liberty 

 to frequent, without any hinderance whatever, all the inland seas, the 

 gulfs, havens, and creeks, on the coast, mentioned in article 3, for the 

 purposes of fishing and of trading with the natives. 



