But he had no fortune or private means, and so he was going away. The chesapeake and ohio canal, abbreviated as the c&, o canal and occasionally called the grand old ditch. Use the interactive c&, o canal towpath map and the great allegheny passage map to view the overall trail or zoom in on a town. The same anxiety to get them by themselves was visible again in the evening. Not a word to your loving mother, who was growing older too? His kindness to his little cousin was consistent with his situation and rights: he made her some very pretty presents, and laughed at her.