Oa LETTERS TO GILBERT WHITE 



but it was not quite a clear air. At Shotover Hill it was too 

 dusky to look out. 



The Duke of Portland has turned us off from his Wall, & sent 

 Us up the Hill by a grand new Road, which gives a fairer 

 Prospect of his Park than we used to have ; & it is a pretty 

 irregular Piece of Ground, but seems to want some Tast about it. 



I left London on Monday in the Afternoon & found our 

 Friends at Hampton pretty well. Missy has not quite got rid of 

 her Oxford Cold. They saw Windsor about the time that we 

 were seeing Stow Gardens. They were guilty of all the Inso- 

 lence of Pity for Us. But nevertheless that mixed a little Envy 

 wth it, if they would be ingenuous enough to confess it. My 

 Father set out for Canterbury on Saturday Morning, so I have 

 not seen Him. He will be there above a Month & then bring up 

 Yes Papa. Ned set out on Tuesday Morning at 4 o'Clock for 

 Essex, not without the Fear of an Ague before his Eyes. 



I cannot tell what to say about my Horse, but to the best of 

 my Judgement She seems to promise to be as lame as ever ; 

 Tho' the Doctor is still confident. She has a ridge Shooe to 

 fling her on ye foot which was lame, & between both She can 

 hardly go ; but I am desir'd to beleivo that when She is Sho'd 

 right, which cannot be yet, She will go very well. She is come 

 Home & at Grass wth a Charge on her Shoulder: I wish the 

 Charge She is to carry on her Back could stick as close. 



I am going to Mrs Fuller's to meet the Young's to eat 

 Venison : Yet I have not taken Bitters & a Ride, as some of our 

 Gentlemen do on such Occasions. You may see I write in Haste, 

 yet I would not longer deferr letting You know how sensible I am 

 of all your Kindness & how much 



I am. Dear Gil, Your's 



J. Mulso. 



Letter 34. 



Sunbury, 



Dec : 21, 1752. 

 Dear Gil : 



It is now a most shamefull Length of Time since I wrote 

 to You, but I have been in Hopes of getting a Frank, & have 

 been put off from my Intention several Times by that paultry 

 reason : then, a hundred other Interruptions have differr'd it, 'till 

 at last here I am. 



Well, You have now past thro' a good deal of your Oxford 

 Confinement, yet much remains ; what a Pleasure will You feel 

 when this honourable Clog is taken off & You ab Liberty to range 

 the Country as You were wont ! In the mean Time 



Disci pulorum inter cathedras plorare jubabo. 



