Chapter II
Langholm—Telford a Stonemason
Telford apprenticed to a stonemasonRuns awayRe-apprenticed to a mason at LangholmBuilding operations in the districtMiss Pasley lends books to young TelfordAttempt to write poetryBecomes village letter-writerWorks as a journeyman masonEmployed on Langholm BridgeManse of WesterkirkPoem of ‘Eskdale’Hews headstones and doorheadsWorks as a mason at EdinburghStudy of architectureRevisits EskdaleHis ride to London