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we were passing? along w/e the river, I often saw large pieces of land covered with heavy timber washing away, and the trees falling into the river. This is the reason of so many snags in the Missippi, by which so many Steam boats are snagged and sunk, and the river always so very wily. I remarked to a gentleman, the I thought there might have been more than a hundred acres washed way this unclear. Hr replied yes more than thousand. A man owning a farm upon the river knows not how long he shall own it or where he shall find it by and by. This I call not very safe property, as it is eventually unclear off and disappearing. Under such circumstances I think his title would be withdrawn?