MID-SUMMER ALONG THE OLD CANAL. 



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But the canal became too slow for our advancing 

 civilization. The iron horse took the place of the 

 mule. The engineer in bluejacket and overalls with 

 smoke begrimed face and oily hands, that of the mule 

 boy. The ungainly canal boat with its snail-like pace 

 has been succeeded by the "limited express," which 

 follows not the winding course of a water pathway, 



Fig.22-Rain Crow or Yellow-billed Cuckoo. (After Beal.) 



but dashes onward over hill and mountain, through 

 valley and plain, on a smooth and even steel track ; 

 while the "gee, whoa-haw" of the canal boy has given 

 place to the shrill toot of the locomotive. 



Many seeds of many weeds and old-fashioned 

 flowers were scattered along the tow-path in those old 

 days. Now their descendants are seen in many places, 



