65, 33. Am. Dec. 633; Whitney v. Wheeler Cotton Mills, 151 Mass. 896, 24 N. E. 774, 7 L. R. A. 613.—Mill site. In general, a parcel of land on or contiguous to eA water-course, suitable for the erection and operation of a mill operated by the power furnished by the stream. See Occum Co. v.