Thfs term refers rather to tbe bed in which the main stream of a river flows than to tbe deep water of the stream as followed ln navigation. Bridge Co. v. Du-buque County, 55 Iowa, 558, 8 N. W. 443. See The oilver (D. C.) 22 Fed. 849; Iowa v. Il-linols, 147 U. S. 1, 13 Sup. Ct. 239, 37 L. Ed. 55; Cessill v. State, 40 Ark. 504
