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South by a Line to be drawn due East from the Determination of
the Line last mentioned in the Latitude of thirty one Degree, north
of the Equator, to the middle of the River Apalachicola or Cata-
houche; thence along the middle thereof to its junction with the Flint
river; thence straight to the Head of St Mary's River, and thence
down along the middle of Saint Mary's river to the Atlantic Ocean.
East by a Line to be drawn along the River Saint Croix, from its
mouth in the Bay of Fundy to its Source, and from it's source directly
north to the aforesaid Highlands which divide the Rivers that fall
into the Atlantic Ocean from those which fall into the river Saint
Lawrence; comprehending all Islands within twenty Leagues of any
part of the Shores of the United States and lying between Lines to
be drawn due East from the Points where the aforesaid Boundaries
between Nova Scotia, on the one part, and East Florida, on the other
shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy, and the Atlantic Ocean ;
excepting such Islands as now are or heretofore have been within
the limits of the said Province of Nova Scotia.
"Article 3d. It is agreed that the People of the United States shall
continue to enjoy unmolested the right to take fish of every kind on
the Grand Bank, and on all other Banks of Newfoundland; also in
the Gulph of Saint Lawrence, and at all other places in the Sea where
the Inhabitants of both Countries used at any time heretofore to fish,
and also that the Inhabitants of the United States shall have Liberty
to take fish of every kind on such part of the Coast of Newfoundland
as British Fishermen shall use (but not to dry or cure the same in
that Island) and also and the Coasts, Bays and Creeks of all other
of his Britannic Majestys Dominions in America; and that the
American Fishermen shall have liberty to dry and cure fish in any
of the unsettled Bays, Harbours and Creeks of Nova Scotia, Mag-
dalen Islands, and Labrador, so long as the same shall remain un-
settled, but so soon as the same or either of them shall be settled, it
shall not be Lawful for the said Fishermen to dry or cure Fish at
such settlement without a previous Agreement for that purpose with
the Inhabitants, Proprietors or Possessors of the ground.
"Article 4th. It is agreed the Creditors on either side shall meet
with no Lawful impediment to the recovery of the full value in,
Sterling money, of all bona fide Debts heretofore Contracted.
"Article 5th. It is agreed that the Congress shall earnestly recom-
mend it to the Legislatures of the respective States, to provide for
the restitution of all Estates, Rights and Properties, which have been
confiscated, belonging to real British Subjects, and also of the Es-
tates, Rights and Properties of Persons resident in Districts in the
Possession of his Majesty's Arms, and who have not borne Arms
against the said United States. And that Persons of any other de-
scription shall have free Liberty to go to any part or parts of any
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January 20
Liber C. B.
No. 24
p. 482
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