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the bank or banks will not seek the water 
level but will be built up above it. The 
canal or stream will be, virtually, put into a 
cut where, with the foulness it is only too 
likely to carry in a town, it will be eliminated 
from the street view. Down at its level, and 
approached by steps and inclines, there will 
be platforms to serve for purposes of loading 
and unloading of boats. The treatment ot 
the Seine in Paris is the splendid example of 
this; but many a Dutch canal illustrates it 
in its simpler form. The other course of 
development may accompany this. It con¬ 
sists of a more positive attempt to beautify 
the street by the planting of trees, which are 
likelv to grow well here and in their over¬ 
hanging branches and water reflection to give 
to the thoroughfare a very charming touch. 
And so at last, as the final stage in all 
street evolution, beauty appears. It is ap¬ 
proached by many steps of utility and con¬ 
venience. For long periods it is unrecog¬ 
nized ; for other periods it is confused with 
other goals ; but in the end it asserts itself 
triumphantly and puts on every kind of 
street the final touch of evolution. 
{To be continued ) 
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