CHAPTER VII.

CHOOSING A TRADE.

Still Opposed to Candle-making--A Dirty, Simple Business--Wants to do something that requires Ingenuity--His Father and Mother conferring together--"A rolling stone gathers no moss"--Afraid he will go to Sea--Benjamin's Views and Maxims--Opportunity to choose a Trade--Going to see different Trades--Devotes a Day to it--Joiners', Turners', and Bricklayers' Work--Cutlery Shop, his Cousin's--Which Trade he chose--His Father's Decision--Arrangement to learn to make Cutlery--Wise to Consult Taste and Tact of Benjamin--Handel the Musician--Sir Joshua Reynolds--Father of John Smeaton--Opposing a Child's Bent of Mind 64-75