XX INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS. 
the habitation which no pilgrim to this favourite locality will 
contemplate without extreme interest. It is the residence of 
the naturalist himself, remaining almost in the same condition 
externally as when tenanted by him. One wing has been added 
since his death, and this has been built in exact keeping with 
the other portions, and the present distinguished occupier has 
admirably improved the grounds and park behind the house 
without diminishing the interest attached to the locality by 
WHITE’S SUNDIAL. 
altering its leading features. The house as seen from behind 
presents the appearance of a manorial residence, and with 
its walls covered with ivy and creeping-plants, and its many 
roofs discoloured by the lapse of time, gives just that im- 
pression which one would wish to receive of the residence of 
our author. At the end of the lawn, opposite the house, 
stands White’s sundial, set up and used by himself; and here 
also are pointed out the great oak-tree and juniper-tree referred 
