354 TlMEHRI. 
On referring to the Treaty of Peace signed at Amiens, 
25 March, 1802 by which the conquered colonies were 
restored to their previous owners the boundaries between 
Berbice and Surinam are not mentioned; but there is a 
special clause fixing the boundaries between French, 
and Portuguese Guiana, the principle of which would 
apply to the Corentyne. 
Article 7 of the Treaty of Amiens, says — 
" The territories and possessions of his most Faithful Majesty are 
maintained in their integrity, such as they were antecedent to the war. 
However, the boundaries of French and Portuguese Guiana are fixed 
by the River Arrowary, which empties itself into the Ocean above 
Cape North. 
" These boundaries shall run along the River Arrowary from its 
mouth to its source and afterwards on a right line drawn from that 
source to the Rio Branco towards the West. 
" In consequence, the northern bank of the river Arrowary from its 
said mouth to its source, and the territories that lie to the mouth of the 
line of boundaries laid down as above, shall belong in full sovereignty 
to the French Republic." 
"The southern bank of the said river Arrowary, from the same mouth 
and all the territories to the south of said line, shall belong to His 
Most Faithful Majesty." 
"The navigation of the. river Arrowary along the whole of the course 
shall be common to both nations." 
And why should not the navigation of the river Coren- 
tyne be " common" to both British and Dutch Guiana ? 
Why should the navigable portion of the river be called 
Dutch Waters ? If the claim is founded on the arrange- 
ment between Governors BATTENBURG and FREDERICE 
in 1800, it must be abandoned; for that was not a 
treaty between two nations, but an arrangement for the 
regulation of two colonies of the same country. 
