cluded, though navigable in fact, thus making the character of being a navigable stream dependent on the occurrence of the necessity of public use. Capability of being used for useful purposes of navigation, of trade and travel, in the usual and ordinary modes, and not the extent and manner of the use, is the test of navieeillty, Sullivan v. Spotswood, 82 Ala. 166, 2 uth. 716. —Navigable river or stream. At common law, a river or stream in which the tide ebbs and flows, or as far as the tide ebbs and flows. 8 Kent, Comm. 412, 414, 417, 418; 2 Hil. Real

tary of the navy, and having in charge the defense of the country by sea, by means of ships of war and other naval appliances —Navy pension. A pecuniary allowance made in consideration of past services of some one in the navy.