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dary between the two nations in another quar¬ 
ter, or that any part of the territory lying west 
of these mountains is to become a subject of 
dispute, to be settled by Commissioners.— B. It 
is evident that the persons who negotiated the 
treaty anticipated some dispute on this subject, 
by appointing Commissioners. 
E. It is customary with all European nations, 
in making a treaty of this kind, to appoint Com¬ 
missioners to fix the exact line of frontier. If 
the Sa-luen river was not to be the boundary, 
why should it be mentioned in the fourth arti¬ 
cle ? I repeat, that this was all settled at Yan- 
dabo ; and that one of you, gentlemen, was pre¬ 
sent at the conference. I decline entering far¬ 
ther into this discussion at present, as it is of a 
political, and not of a commercial nature.— B . 
Still it will be necessary to make some altera¬ 
tion in the fourth article of the treaty. 
E. No alteration whatever is called for, as no 
river in particular is mentioned. If you have 
any thing farther to say upon this subject, let it 
be introduced hereafter. Have you any thing 
farther to state regarding the commercial trea¬ 
ty ?— B. We particularly wish to have the ri¬ 
ver specified in the fourth article of the treaty 
excluded. 
E. It is not necessary. The article, as it stands, 
