. Life of a Scotch naturalist: Thomas Edward, associate of the Linnaean Society. CHAP. Charles Begg. 69 don, where he learned the trade of shoe-making. He had gradually wandered northward, until he reached Inverness, where he lived for some time. Then he went eastward to Elgin, then to Banff, until at last he arrived at Aberdeen, where he married and settled. Begg was a good work- man ; though, apart from shoe - making, he knew next to nothing. It is well, however, to be a good workman, if one does his work thoroughly and faithfully. The only things that Begg- could do, besides shoe-maki
. Life of a Scotch naturalist: Thomas Edward, associate of the Linnaean Society. CHAP. Charles Begg. 69 don, where he learned the trade of shoe-making. He had gradually wandered northward, until he reached Inverness, where he lived for some time. Then he went eastward to Elgin, then to Banff, until at last he arrived at Aberdeen, where he married and settled. Begg was a good work- man ; though, apart from shoe - making, he knew next to nothing. It is well, however, to be a good workman, if one does his work thoroughly and faithfully. The only things that Begg- could do, besides shoe-making, were drinking and fighting. He was a great friend of pugU- ism; though his principal diflfi- CTilty, when he got drunk, was to find any body to fight with in that pacific neighborhood. It was a great misfortune for the boy to have been placed un- der the charge of so dissolute a vagabond. He had, however, to do his best. He learned to make upper-leathers, and was pro- ceeding to make shoe-bottoms. He would, doubtless, have learned his trade very well, but for the drunkenness of his master, who was evidently going headlong to ruin. He was very often absent from the shop, and when custom- ers called, Edward was sent out by his mistress to search the public-houses frequented by Begg; but, when 0HASLE6 BEGG S 8U0P, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904; Edward, Thomas, 1814-1886. New York, Harper & brothers
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