[Footnote: That is _as journeymen_: for there was no question that they could not as _Masters_ on their _own_ account. That a person may work as a _journeyman_ without having served an apprenticeship, had already been determined, T. 9. G. 3. _Beach v. Turner_. Burr. Mansf. 2449. A person also who has not served an Apprenticeship may be a partner, contributing money, or advice and attention to the accounts and general concerns of the Trade, provided that he does not actually exercise the Trade, and that the acting partner has served. Vide _Reynolds_ v. _Chase_, M. 30. G. 2. Burr. Mansf. 2. 1 Burn. J.P. Apprent. § 12. L.] "The Man by whom _Robert_ and I were employ'd, Mr. Chamberlayne, of _Cheapside_, took an active part against the lawful journeymen; and even went so far as to pay off every man that worked for him that had joined their Clubs. This so exasperated the men, that their acting Committee soon looked for _unlawful men_ (as they called them) among _Chamberlayne's_ workmen." They found out little _Robert_, and threatened to prosecute _Chamlerlayne_ for employing him, and to prosecute his Brother, Mr. _G. Bloomfield_, for teaching him. Chamberlayne requested of the Brother to go on and bring it to a Trial; for that he would defend it; and that neither _George_ nor _Robert_ should be hurt. In the mean time _George_ was much insulted for having refus'd to join upon this occasion those who call'd themselves, exclusively, the _Lawful Crafts_. _George_, who says he was never famed for patience, (it is not indeed so much as might be sometimes wish'd, very often the lot of strong and acute minds to possess largely of this virtue,) took his pen, and address'd a Letter to one of the most active of their Committee-men (a man of very bad character). In this, after stating that he took _Robert_ at his Mother's request, he made free as well with the private character of this man as with the views of the Committee. "This," says _George_, "was very foolish; for it made things worse: but I felt too much to refrain." What connects this episodical circumstance with the character of our Author follows in his brother's words. "_Robert_ naturally fond of Peace, and fearful for my personal safety, begg'd to be suffer'd to retire from the storm." "He came home; and Mr. AUSTIN kindly bade him take his house for his home till he could return to me. And here, with his mind glowing with the fine Descriptions of rural scenery which he found in THOMSON'S SEASONS, he again retrac'd the very fields where first he began to think. Here, free from the smoke,[Footnote: But one word is altered in this Description; which reminds one of the _Omitte mirari beatae Fumum et opes_ Strepitumque Romae. L.] the noise, the contention of the city, he imbibed that Love of rural Simplicity and rural Innocence, which fitted him, in a great degree, to be the writer of such a thing as the _Farmer's Boy_."