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wear lfhI if"v - r." ~Hgaced m zrAI
ior =. q the ST. nisrds had o. ihtt puf-
pnsr a' pl rp' o. vain the sraroast lyine
solta n il- lEih de-rrr, ior 70 i wsi
known thsr rsrs's erua- CO lies rtw.eu
tie tr.h ard t0.h, srd not hrtwesn Inc
FIh sHl ash degrees Of islilade. a. he
BID agH0uored.
The modern discovery Of i'-st inle, i
dus - Capl-ia Panrsy, a. EogIi.hrar.
commanding the Imnrriai Esgla, 90. 81
ongei by British merchants. bHt VII rh
was equipped a. and took a. depar uIa
fou o tend. a"d which sailed under to
ltg o. tie Au.iriar Ersi India Camn7ry.
IL" British Gov.rrm"rt. which be- ol g.
tod to the Amorirsu e'aim derived oul
Captain GraE'- dizcovery of the mouth Of
ihe river Ca.rr' F., ou tho g-o-nd thf. he
w. private iudi,iiuh. and ihat tis rrs.
srl vas not g pul.'r ship. canro. CT. = lv
cisim any thing /. vi-iaa of O r sro .rrv ry
private Eagi shn7a, saiiag u '1rr Aus.ri.
an ra.Ors. I'm that raeo, and rri-Clil- Fu-
cas- voyage. neither iha L l'iad S,,trs rsr
EUg'fnf can lay 7ay rlr.m on accolHi o.
the discovery o' ,ha s'.a',s.
. s"queHl'g, tie Ergfshmrr. Ne,rn-.
sHii'r. under tha por'1-0a-s a.. Hea- -faa-
ted. in I1g9, a.ou, l'H miles toto lla g..
and ih" mc.'ran, Cav. f. 1913 a'or,
f1y mi'o-. The ps' ended ynra rr of ,h-
sl1op Washington thuuylou, tie Z. ats
under tha comnrnd NJ e..her GRAY Ecr-
drick, hrs 10 other fouud1,'0n than aa ss.
ser'lon Of Meares, on wH,h 20 re,ianrr
can . rhced.
( In the year I7o0 fI7ai acco.di"u var
converl the Spaaiar J. j. ii,l AID J .i ru-r
{ rxr'Ored lha straits riora than 90 lur.
drra mles, discovering BE- Fort Discovery
, the entrance Of Admiralty lal1,, tie De-
ce9tia0 Passage. and the Caunl da Haro--
/ In i792 Vancouver ey ulorad ard ~ veyst
/ i'" slrails tIiroughou', together wirh he.
various hays a"d har'ors. Evep here b,
bed cen preceded in part ~ h" Suu an
/ MeXicaro; and be evprnssrs his regre
/ thnl they had edrancpd heiore HIN a. far a.
the Canal del Rosario.
| Under all the circumstances ~ the ease
/ it cannol b. doubted thatiha Cairpd Stat 8
must admit thai the discovery Of ,ho
straits, and the various inlcrrucPs which
may he drawn from it, are doubtful and de-
balah'r questions.
| That whirh relates tn a presumed agree
ment Of Commissioners appointed under
the treaty Of UTRECHT, hv which the } Orth-
ern boundary Of Canada was. from cer-
tain point north oI Lake Superior declared
To extend weslwardly along the A9.h pqral-
'el OF latitude, does not appear 20 me dpli.
ni,ivclr settlrd. As this had been assum-
ed. many years be- fore, as \ positive tact
and had never hepn r0nlradICted I also
/ assumed it rs surh. and did ot thoroughly
investigate the subject. Yet had helore
me at least one map, inamP Of puhIi-he
not reco''PclPd,) OF which | have Il vivi
recollection, on which the dividi0g ines
were distinctly marked and expressly az.
signated, rs heirg in conformity with the
agrermrNtof the Commissioners under ihe
treaty of Utrecht. The evidence agaius
the tact, though in some respects stIorr.
purely negative. The line according 70
the map, extended from a cPr.ain point
near the source Of the river Sarupnav, in
westerly iiror'io". to tlnlhar aesigna;aG
point on another river emptying either in
~ hllV ~ Law lNtttF VI J JfbtllfN : IuA9 ulll
there were, in that way, four or five lines
following each other, all tending westward
ly, but with different inclina.ions north-
wardly or southwardlv, and all extending.
tron some apparently known roiHt on
designated river, to another simiiar nGint
on another river; The rivers thems yes
onplying themselves. some into the river
St. Lawrence and others into James's Bay
or Eudson's Bay. until, from certain point
wing north of Lake Superio~. the line was
declared to extend along the 49,h degree
Of latitude, as above stated. 1t was with
that map before me that the following para
graph was inserted in the American state
mentof December, 1926:
"The limits between the possessions oi
Great Britain in North America, and those
Of France in the same quarter. namely,
Canada and Louisiana, were drlermiHPf
hv commissioners appointed in pursuance
Of the treaty Of Uuerht. From the cnos'
Of Labrador to a certrin point north OF Lake
Superior those limits were fixed according
to cer,ain matps and bounds, ard rom thu
point the line of dcmartation was agreed
W FNtFIlH lINtHil'ttiN NhF NtSls dlu''S nv
iorty-ninth parallel Of north latitude. 1t
was in conformity with that arrangement
that the United States did claim hat paraI-
lei as the ncrthern bn1nd " OF Louisiana.
1t has been accordingly thus settled as far
as the Stony Mountains. hy The convention
Of 1919 bctW cen the United States and
Great Britain; and no adequate reason can
be given why the same boundary sh ud
not he continued as far AS the claims If the
United Sl'tes 10 extend, that IS to say, as
far as the Pacific Ocean,"
It appears very extraordinary that any
geographer or map.maker should have in
vented dividing line, with such specific
details, without having Sufficient grounds
for believing thatitha been thus sdetermin-
ed by the Commissioners under the treaty
OF Utrecht. It's also believed th'd Doug
lass Summary tnot at this Nom Mt with
in my reach) adverts to the portion Of the