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"3 this nefarious trade maybe pursued with impunity.

By the second article it is agreed, that “the territories in which the traffic in slaves continues to be permitted under the treaty of the 22d of January, 1815, to the subjects of His Most Faithful Majesty, are the following :”

“ 1st. The territories possessed by the Crown of Portugal upon the coast of Africa, to the south of the equator, that is to say, upon the eastern coast of Africa, the territory lying between Cape Delgado and the Bay of Lourenco Marques; and upon the western coast, all that which is. situated from the eighth to the eighteenth degree of south latitude.”

“ 2d. Those territories on the coast of Africa to the south of the equator, over which His Most Faithful Majesty has declared, that be has retained his rights, namely,”

“ The territories of Molembo and Cabinda, upon the eastern coast of Africa, from the 5th degree, 12 min. to the 8th degree, south latitude.”

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