But what petitioners now have is a body of water that was private property under Hawaiian law, linked to navigable water by a channel dredged by them with the consent of the respondent.

• 但是原告现在所拥有的是在夏威夷法律名下属于私家财产的一个水体，在他们同意后所做的答复是，用所挖掘的渠道联结航行的水域。