These explorations and surveys embrace--

1. The highlands as claimed by the United States, extending from the

northwesternmost head of the Connecticut River to the portage road which

leads from the St. Lawrence River to Lake Temiscouata.

2. The highlands as claimed by Great Britain from the Metjarmette

portage to the source of the Aroostook River.

3. All the principal heads or branches of the Connecticut River north of

the forty-fifth degree of latitude.

4. The St. John and all its principal branches or tributaries west of

the Alleguash River.

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