96 CORRESPONDENCE WITH HIS FAMILY. 



line; but most probably John White, born 1636, dyed single, 

 and his Bro. Rich, born 1647, had a daughter who marryed 

 Ashworth. 



Hoping you will have as good a journey to London as I 

 had to this place, I remain with due respects, 



Yr affectionate humble servant, 



GIL. WHITE. 



P.S. I shall hope to hear from Sam. 



LETTER II. 



Selborne, Jan. 1, 1771. 



DEAH SAM, 



I WAS much pleased to see so intelligent a letter from so 

 young a writer, and shall be very glad to have you continue 

 your correspondence. 



The lines from the Odyssey are very apropos and will make 

 a very suitable motto for the climate of Andalusia. My 

 brother makes a very rapid progress in natural knowledge, 

 and, considering he has no person to confer with or to advise 

 him in his new study, does wonders. He sent me in October 

 a fresh cargo of birds and insects which ought to have been 

 here long ago ; but as they came in a Levant ship, they are 

 performing quarantine at Stangate Creek and will I fear be 

 tumbled about and damaged. 



When I opened your letter all the Parnassia-seed fell out, 

 and 1 took it to be dust and dirt from the pocket of the 

 person who brought it; but luckily it fell in my lap, so that I 

 saved it all. I shall sow it soon in the sandy bogs, and see if 

 I can succeed better. 



The last winter migration that we have in these parts is the 

 appearance of the CEnas sive Vinago Raii, the wild wood 

 pigeon or stock dove, which comes in great flocks about the 



* [His sister's only son. T. B.] 



