12  NATURE  OF  KEAL  PEOPEETY

tions  and  ice  will  indicate  the  force  and  application  of  the
principle."

Accretions  which  have  been  defined  as  "the  increase  of
real  estate  by  the  addition  of  portions  of  the  soil  by  gradual
deposition  through  the  operation  of  natural  causes,"  comes
within  this  principle  and  will  be  discussed  hereafter."

lOB.
Ice  is  generally  regarded  as  part  of  the  soil  over  which  it
forms  and  to  which  it  is  attached.
The  reasoning  of  the  cases  holding  this  view  is,  that  water
being  congealed  and  attached  to  the  soil,  is  like  any  other
natural  accession  to  realty  and  must  be  considered  a  part
thereof,  and  that,  since  the  owner  of  the  soil  can  entirely  ap-
propriate it  without  detriment  to  the  public  and  the  usufruc-


u  Goodard  vs.  'Wlncbell,  86  loTva,  71.
