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 Greenhow's map of 1544 shows the boundary drawn just as in the Russian Aciniralty map and Arrowsmith’s map, on a clear space. It also shows mountains to the seaward of the line, but not so continuous or so provoanced as the others, The line is drawn back of all of these mountains,

The map of De Mofras of IS844° shows the same as that of Brué.

The Russian map of 161° is to the same effect as that of 1826.

That of Berghaus (186%) is to the same effect as the Russian map and that of Vancourer,

The Russian map of 1844 revised to L8H4 is the sume."

We have seen what Russia understood, and what disinterested cartographers understood, Look at the British Admiralty Map published in 1856 and eorrected to 1865.4 It shows a line marked “Boundary between the British and Russian Territory” drawn without touching #2 mountain from the time it leaves the mountains at the head of Portland Channel until it reaches Mt. Fairweather. It also shows continnous mountains wl the way around the eoast, and down to the very water. Between these mountains and the boundary there is an intervening clear space of miumy miles in width all the way around. ‘This map says unmistakably that **The mountains next to the sen are not the mountains meant by the Treaty. They have nothing to do with it, and the line must be drawn just as if they did not exist.”

The map of Arrowsmith, printed by order of the Ilouse of Com- mons in 1857.2 shows the boundary line drawn in an absolutely clear space. abont ten marine leavues from salt water, and it also shows mounttins parallel to almost wll the extent of the coast of the interior waters, and other mountains between them and the line, hut it does not toueh any of them until it rewhes Mt. Fairweather, and moreover it is separated from them by an absolutely clear space of many miles in width.

The United States understood wll these messages of the maps, just as Mr. Middleton understood from Mr, Cannine what the Treaty provided, and so when the first official map was made, under the direction of Mr. Sumner, it showed mountains next to the sea all

«U.S, Atlas, No, 15. eU, S. Atlas, No. 22. OU. S. Atlas, Noo VW. JULS. Atlas, No. 25. eU.s. Atlas, No. 20, ( British Atlas, No. 21,


 * 1) U. &. Atlas, No. 21.