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prevent as much as possible all causes of complaint and mi sunders tand- 

 ing heretofore occasioned by the cutting of wood for dyeing, or logwood, 

 and several English settlements having been formed and extended, under 

 that pretence, upon the Spanish continent, it is expressly agreed that his 

 Britannic Majesty's subjects shall have the ri^ht of cutting, loading, and 

 carrying away logwood in the district lying between the river Wallis, 

 or Belize, and Rio Hondo, taking the course of the said two rivers for 

 unalterable boundaries, so as that the navigation of them be common to both 

 nations, to wit: by the river Wallis, or Belize s from thi3 sea, ascending as 

 far as opposite to a lake or inlet which runs into the land and forms an 

 isthmus or neck with another similar inlet which comes from the side of 

 Rio ISuevo, or New river, so that the lin€ of separation shall pass straight 

 across the said isthmus, and m.eet another lake formed by the water of 

 Rio Nuevo, or New river, at its current. The said hue shall continue 

 with tlie course of the Rio Nuevo, descending as far as opposite to a river, 

 the source of which is marked in the map, between Rio Nuevo and Rio 

 Hondo, and which empties itself into Rio Hondo; which river shall also 

 serve as a common boundary as far as its junction with Rio Hondo ; and 

 from thence descending by Rio Hondo to the sea, as the whole is marked on 

 the map whicli the plenipotentiaries of the two Crowns have thought 

 proper to make use of for f.iscertaining the points agreed upon, to the end 

 that a good correspondence may reign between tlie two nations, and that 

 the English workmen, cutters, and laborers may not tresspass from an 

 uncertainty of the boundaries. The respective com.missaries shall fix 

 upon convenient places in the territory above marked out, in order that 

 his Britannic Majesty's subjects, employed in tlie felhng of logwood, may, 

 without interruption, build therein houses and magazines necessary for 

 themselves, their families, and their effects; and his Cathohc Majesty 

 assures to them the enjoyment of all that is expressed in the present arti- 

 cles; provided that these stipulations shall not be considered as deroga- 

 ting in anywise from his rights of sovereignty. Therefore, all the Eng- 

 lish who may be dispersed in any other parts, whether on the Spanish 

 continent or in any of the islands whatsoever dependent on the aforesaid 

 Spanish continent, and for whatever reason it might be, without excep- 

 tion, shall retire within the district which has been above described in 

 the space of eighteen months, to be computed from the exchange of the 

 ratifications; and for this purpose, orders shall be issued on the part of his 

 Britannic Majesty; and on that of his Catholic Majesty, his governors shall 

 be ordered to grant to the English dispersed every convenience possible 

 for their removing to the settlement agreed upon by the present article, 

 or for their retiring wherever they shall think proper. It is likewise 

 stipulated that if any fortifications should actually have been heretofore 

 erected within the hmits marked out, his Britannic Majesty shall cause 

 them ah to be demohshed, and he will order his subjects not to build 

 any new ones. The Enghsh inhabitants who shall settle there for the 

 cutting of logwood shall be permitted to enjoy a free fishery for their 

 subsistence on the coasts of their district above agreed on, or of the island 

 situated opposite thereto, without being in anywise disturbed on that 

 account; provided they do not establish themselves in any manner on 

 the said island. 



, Art. 7. His Catholic Majesty shall restore to Great Britain the island 

 of Providence and the Bahamas^ without exception, in the same condi- 

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