CORRESPONDENCE WITH HIS FAMILY. 171 



together, I have numbered them, and put them in a proper 

 bag. 



As fast as I receive my proofs, I continue to enlarge my 

 Index. The title-page to the ' Nat. Hist.' is furnished with apt 

 mottos. My thanks are due for all your good offices, & 

 for your late trouble in purchasing me 200 stock. 



Your loving uncle, 



GIL. WHITE. 







P.S. I take the liberty to return the book of Eoyal Forests, 

 &c., from which I have extracted some information. You will 

 also receive my Preface or Advertisement. Concerning the 

 disposition of the Hermitage print please to consult y r father 

 and father-in-law. 



Might not the Hermitage print come in well at the back of 

 the first title-page, or as a tail-piece to the ' Natural History '*? 



Please to observe that all ce diphthongs, as musce, phalcence, 

 &c. are always written muse,plialene y &c. in old records. When 

 there is any very bad Latin in the evidences, please to put in 

 the margin, " sic." 



LETTER XLIX. 



TO THOMAS BAKKEK, ESQ. 



Jan. 8, 1789. 



DEAR SIR, 



You must have heard no doubt before now, of the sad 

 and afflicting news from Fyfield, of the sudden and unex- 

 pected event that has plunged a numerous family in the 

 deepest sorrow and trouble. How the poor man has left his 

 concerns, and how the widow and children are to proceed, I 

 have not yet heard ; however, as money will probably be 

 wanted, my two brothers and nephew Ben and self have each 

 began with a present. When the news arrived here I wrote 

 away immediately to Lady Young, entreating her to apply to 

 * [See note at p. 128.] 



