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low and servile, and unwholesome ; but of all this I am not 

 sure. Chemistry, Bro. Thomas says, is very unwholesome. 

 A packer's was, I have heard, a fine business ; but at present 

 they say merchants are their own packers. I have heard no 

 more of the ribbon man. Jack will by no means obstruct my 

 motions this summer, but is of use and service. We never 

 fall out much ; and then it is chiefly about quantity in verse, 

 and there is no moral turpitude in long and short feet. As to 

 law, I have nothing to say about it; lawyers get all the 

 money. Our father, you know, did not approve of it. Sure 

 London is so large a field, and you have so many friends 

 there, that you cannot be long without hearing somewhat for 

 your son. That you may get a proper place to your mind 

 1 heartily wish. 



Your affectionate brother, 



GIL. WHITE. 



We join in respects to my sister. Pray write soon. I do 

 not know that our Coll. is Dutch. 



LETTER XV. 



Selborne, July 15, 1774. 



BEAR BROTHER, 



JACK and I went down to Fyfield on June 22d, and stayed 

 there 'til July 6th, and found and left Brother Henry very 

 brisk and very busy ; for, what between seven boarders, six 

 children, some farming, three churches, and some building, he 

 has enough to do. He has a one hundred pound boy in the 

 room of Mr. Brocket, who by this time, I fear, is dead ; and 

 Jack and Jem from Fleet Street. The house, especially the 

 kitchen, is so small for twenty-two in family, that H. is 

 embarked in building a wing of 36 feet from the kitchen 

 towards the brewhouse : this wing is to consist of a staircase, 

 a large kitchen, a parlor over, and a large garret. The 

 kitchen is to communicate with the new staircase of the 



