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 made in our powers of migration. In the landscape, however, a railroad is not so pleasing an object as the stream; and there are some who believe that for the conveyance of heavy merchandize, the question is still to be answered—will it ever be so economical a means of transport as a canal?

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To the left is the village of Shallowford. Here the Sow flows under the railway (this river affords excellent sport to the angler) and accompanies the railroad in its immediate vicinity to Stratford.

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About 20 yards before this post is a large building, the machinery of which is set in motion by the current of the Sow; it is Mr. Milner's silk factory, which gives employment to many of the poor in the neighbourhood.

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Here to the left is the village of Bridgeford, and a quarter of a mile further is the

From the 66th mile post the railroad has a rise of 1 in 2,105; this continues for about two miles and three quarters, which will take us half a mile beyond Stafford, in proceeding to which place, we pass under four bridges and over one, through three excavations of a