138 CORRESPONDENCE WITH HIS FAMILY. 



views thro' them romantic. My nep. Barker sets out for Fy- 

 field on Monday, and regrets that he shall miss of you and y r 

 father. Bro. Ben. &c. came to Newton on Thursday. 



The Bostal measures 400 yards, and the Zigzag, which is to 

 be nicely cleaned out, 426. 



Mrs. E. and her young people set out to-morrow for Ox- 

 ford. Mr. E. is already in Oxfordshire. 



All join in due respects and good wishes. 



Your loving uncle, 



GIL. WHITE. 



Oct. 1. Pray write soon. 

 My barom r is this evening at 28. 6. 10 J ! 

 Thomas's brother has his ague still ; he has taken the roots 

 of daffy-down-dillies. 



LETTER XXXI. 



TO SAMUEL BARKER, ESQ. 



Selbome, Nov. 23, 1780. 

 DEAR SIR, 



YOUR letter, tho' rather late, was very acceptable. I was 

 glad to hear that you had a safe and pleasant journey back, 

 and that you were so well pleased with y r journey into Hants, 

 as to be able on a retrospect to speak of it with some degree 

 of satisfaction. The test will be whether you liked your late 

 reception by expressing a willingness to come again. Pray 

 give my respects to Mr. Brodrick, and tell him that I always 

 esteem my friend's friends, and therefore if he will come over 

 next summer, when you are here, from Pepperharrow, for a 

 night or two, that I shall be glad to see him, and we will 

 show him some such prospects in these parts as may not be 

 unworthy his attention. 



To say the truth, the lower part of the Bostal began to be 

 dirty, so that the Zigzaggians (who have horns and hoofs) 



