...establishment of such a line. With respect to the islands, the words of the treaty are these : " comprehending all Islands within twenty leagues of any part of the...United States, and lying between lines to be drawn clue east from the points where the aforesaid boundary, between Nova Scotia on the one part and East...

...that fall into the Atlantic Ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence ; comprehending all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States, and lying south of a line to be drawn due east from the point where the aforesaid boundary touches the Bay of...

...article in the trea ty of peace of one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, between His Britannic Majesty and the United States of America, that the boundary of the United States should com prehend all islands," &c. It proceeds to describe the boundaries as there stiputated; then alleges...

...establishment of such a line. With respect to the islands, the words of the treaty are these : " Comprehending all islands within twenty ' leagues of any part of...drawn due east from the points where the ' aforesaid boundary between Nova Scotia on the one part, and East ' Florida on the other, shall respectively touch...

...States, in which shall be designated the islands and shoals, with the roads or places of anchorage, within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States ; and also the respective courses and distances between the principal capes, or head lands, together with...

...that fall into the Atlantic Ocean from " those which fall into the River St. Lawrence, " comprehending all islands within twenty leagues ' ' of any part...States, " and lying between lines to be drawn due east 39 " from the points where the aforesaid boundaries " between Nova Scotia on the one point, and East...

...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 be" tween lines to be drawn due east from the points where the " aforesaid boundaries between Nova...

...the River St. Croix as having its mouth in the Bay of Fundy. Finally, the treaty, in reference to the Islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States, describes them as lyiug between lines to be drawn due East from the points, where the aforesaid boundaries...

...that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence : comprehending all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United Slates, and lying between lines to be drawn due east from the points where the aforesaid boundaries...

...in the Bay of Fundy to its source." The article concludes by " comprehending all islands within two leagues of any part of the shores of the United States,...lines to be drawn due east from the points where the boundaries between Nova Scotia, on the one part, and East Florida, on the other, shall respectively...