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Show of navigation ; but 48 for several years before railroads were extended into that section ) boats of light draft carried merchandise up the river to the mouth of the Kiamitia and other points in that vicinity and took out cotton and other products on the return trip . This occurred only in periods of high water , and was accomplished under difficulties . In very exceptional instances boats went to the mouth of the Washita , where some had to await the high water of the next season before they could return . When the railroads were constructed this high water or flood ( naviga naviga- naviga ) tion ceased . That was between 1875 and 1880 . Additional information as to the kind character , , and purpose of boats actually used on the Red River has ( been -been been ) digested from the abstract of the record and is set forth in pages 187-196 of Appendix to this brief . A practical commercial use for navigation as ( dis- dis ) tinguished from a theoretical or an exceptional use , impressed this Court as a test of navigability ( id . page 591 ) : While the evidence relating to the part of the river in the eastern half of the State is not so conclusive against navigability as that relating to the western section , we think it establishes that trade and travel neither do nor can move over that part of the river , in its natural and ordinary condition , according to the modes of trade and travel customary on water ; ( -in in ) other words , that it is neither used , nor susceptible of being used , in its |
