OF THE

LAW OF WATERS;

INCLUDING THE

LAW RELATING TO RIGHTS IN THE SEA,

AND RIGHTS CONCERNING

RIVERS, CANALS, DOCK COMPANIES,

FISHERIES, MILLS, WATERCOURSES, ETC.,

WITH A NOTE

CONCERNING THE RIGHTS OF THE CROWN

ΤΟ

THE LAND BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW WATER MARK.

BY HUMPHREY W. WOOLRYCH,

OF THE INNER TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

AUTHOR OF THE LAW OF RIGHTS OF COMMON," "THE LAW OF ways,"

" THE LAW OF SEWERS," "THE LAW OF LIGHTS," ETC.

FIRST AMERICAN, FROM THE SECOND LONDON EDITION.

PHILADELPHIA:

T. & J. W. JOHNSON, LAW BOOKSELLERS,

NO. 197 CHESTNUT STREET.

1853.

DEDICATION TO THE FIRST EDITION.

то

WILLIAM HENRY TINNEY, ESQ.,

ONE OF HIS MAJESTY'S COUNSEL,

THIS VOLUME

ON THE LAW OF WATERS,

AND OF SEWERS,*

IS INSCRIBED,

AS A TESTIMONY OF ESTEEM AND REGARD,

BY HIS FRIEND,

THE AUTHOR.

*Note.-The Law of Sewers has been separately published in a Second Edition, and is, therefore, withdrawn from this Second Edition of the Law of Waters.