CHAPTER II. Langholm—Telford a Stonemason

Telford apprenticed to a stonemason

Runs away

Re-apprenticed to a mason at Langholm

Building operations in the district

Miss Pasley lends books to young Telford

Attempt to write poetry

Becomes village letter-writer

Works as a journeyman mason

Employed on Langholm Bridge

Manse of Westerkirk

Poem of 'Eskdale'

Hews headstones and doorheads

Works as a mason at Edinburgh

Study of architecture

Revisits Eskdale

His ride to London