a  right  of  fishery  in  alieno  solo  is  a,  336.
a  right  to  draw  water  from  a  well  is  an  easement,  and  not  a,  232,  n.,
238.
PROTECTION  from  inroads  of  the  sea,  24,  144.
See  Floods  ;  Sea  Wall ;   Commissioners  of  Sewers  ;  Overflow.
PUBLIC  HEALTH  ACTS,  THE,

provisions  against  pollution  under,  171,  172.
provisions  as  to  bridges  under  Act  of  1875 . .  509.
PUMP,  statutory  restriction  against  fouling,  174,  u.
PURPRESTUEE,

any  unauthorized  intrusion  or  encroachment  on  soO.  of  sea  shore  or  a
navigable  river  is  a,  16,  33,  73,  423,  670.
and  may  be  abated  by  the  Crown  or  owner  of  the  shore,  15, 423,

653,  670.
or  restrained  by  injunction  at  the  suit  of  the  Attorney-General,
whether  it  be  a  nuisance  or  not,  15,  73,  670.
whether  a  nuisance  to  navigation  is  a  question  of  fact,  15,  73,  78,  423.
the  punishment  of,  is  evidence  of  the  ownership  of  the  sea  shore,  21,
22.
RAILWAY  AND  CANAL  TRAPEIC  ACT,  1854,  THE  (17  &  18  Vict.
c.  31),  provisions  as  to  traffic  on  canals  and  navigable  rivers,  482.
RAILWAY  COMPANIES,

when  riparian  proprietors,  right  of,  to  water  engines,  116,  119.
liabilities  of,  as  to  navigation  under  Railway  Clauses  Act,  1863  (26

&  27  Vict.  c.  92),  476.
liabilities  of,  for  compensation  to  owners  of  ferries,  &o.  for  loss  of

traflio,  under  Railway  Clauses  Consolidation  Acts  (8  Vict.  u.  18  ;

8  Vict.  c.  20),  488,  495,  499.
duties  of,  as  to  management  and  repair  of  bridges,  under  Railway

Clauses  Consolidation  Act,  1845  (8  Vict.  c.  20),  518,  526.
RAINFALL,  an  exceptional,  how  far  an  excuse  for  injury  caused  by
overflow,  136,  138.
See  Vis  Major ;  Overflow;   Watei-coiirse ;  Artiflcial  Watercourse.
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