navigableness

All their efforts of persuasion, however, were lost upon Dr. Kirk, as he had not yet learned their language, and his leader, knowing his companion to be equally anxious with himself to solve the problem of the navigableness of Kebrabasa, was not at pains to enlighten him.

A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004

Ottawa, the St. Maurice and the Saguenay, each of which surpasses in navigableness the largest rivers of Europe.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

All their efforts of persuasion, however, were lost upon Dr. Kirk, as he had not yet learned their language, and his leader, knowing his companion to be equally anxious with himself to solve the problem of the navigableness of Kebrabasa, was not at pains to enlighten him.

A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 David Livingstone 1843

Thus wrote Dr. Holmes* in the year 1800, cautiously measuring the navigableness of the stream by his own observation and the past ex - perience of others.

Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society 1792