NEW WALKS IN AN OLD FIELD; 
OR, 
THE OLD RED SANDSTONE. 
CHAPTER I. 
The Working-man’s True Policy.— His only Mode of acquiring 
Power. — The Exercise of the Faculties essential to Enjoyment. — 
No necessary Connection between Labor and Unhappiness. — Narra- 
tive. — Scenes in a Quarry. — The two dead Birds. — Landscape. — 
Ripple Markings on a Sandstone Slab. — Boulder Stones. — Infer- 
ence derived from their water-worn Appearance. — Sea-coast Sec: 
tion. — My first discovered Fossil. — Lias Deposit on the Shores of 
the Moray Frith. — Belemnite. — Result of the Experience of half 
a Lifetime of Toil.— Advantages of a Wandering Profession in 
Connection with the Geology of a Country. — Geological Opportu- 
nities of the Stone-Mason. — Design of the present Work. 
My advice to young working-men, desirous of bettering 
their circumstances, and adding to the amount of their en- 
joyment, is a very simple one. Do not seek happiness in 
what is misnamed pleasure ; seek it rather in what is termed 
study. Keep your consciences clear, your curiosity fresh, 
and embrace every opportunity of cultivating your minds. 
You will gain nothing by attending Chartist meetings. The 
fellows who speak nonsense with fluency at these assemblies, 
and deem their nonsense eloquence, are totally unable to help 
either you or themselves ; or, if they do succeed in helping 
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