84 LETTERS TO GILBBBT WHITE 



& real Service that You intended me in Him, & wish He had 

 succeeded so well as to have spared You the Mortification of an 

 unsuccessful! attempt to do me good. I now trust to my own 

 Legs, which carry me about pretty stoutly, 'till You can set me 

 on Horseback again. I am very fearfull upon your Father's 

 Account ; because if he had been in so good a way as I wish, I 

 fancy I shd have heard of your Purpose to visit Sunbury ; the 

 Leaf has spread itself & expects You ; indeed our Country is in 

 high Beauty, for we have had fine Eains, & the Sun has not yet 

 tanned Us into a dissagreable Brown. Now is your Time. 

 Miss Young is scarce yet returned fm Hertfordshire, tho' I 

 expect Her at Hampton by the End of this Week or the 

 Beginning of next. But what talk I of Miss Young? the half 

 Hogshead of Southam Cyder was safely lodged in my Cellar on 

 Saturday Morning last, so that You need not drink one drop of 

 John Hill's Beer while You sojourn wth Me ; a Piece of News 

 which I hope will be a Temptation to quit with tolerable Spirits 

 the pale Brewery of Hampshire. Whether your attempt to get 

 me a Horse & to bring Him wth You succeeds or no, I will 

 endeavour to find a Method to trot about wth You while You are 

 in this part of the World, either by borrowing or hiring, & I will 

 stand Bruises and any thing rather than not do You Justice in 

 escorting You about our flat World. You shall compare accounts 

 with the travelled Mr Aldrich, & by your Descriptions of your 

 native Selbourne You shall 



Shame Yallumbrosa dc her Tuscan Qlooms. 



In Short, what shall You not do that You have a Mind to do if 

 it is in my Power to accommodate You wth it ? I hope therefore 

 that your Father's Health will permit your Absence, & then I 

 hope to see You soon. Let me know of your Coming. 



My Father & all his Family have had a Feaver this Spring, 

 even to Iron John ; but they are well again. My Aunt Donne 

 is still in Town, & I fancy will carry Heck into Kent, if She can 

 stay 'till Heck has made a few Kew Visits ; if not Heck is to 

 follow Her. Mr. Baker has taken a House at Hampton this 

 Summer in Order to be near my Girl. The Bishop has been at 

 Kew some Time, & his Family are pretty well, all but the 

 Servants. My Uncle has got a Horse, & it seems a tolerable 

 good One; tho' with all its Accoutrements it cost but twelve 

 Guineas. I hope in getting mine. You will consult Surefooted- 

 ness. Ease, & Temper. I hope your Uncle White is well : I 

 suppose He comes often over to Selbourne, for I suppose You 

 seldom er visit Bradley than Selbourne now. I hope your Hosts 

 are in Health & Happiness. 



I am at the Burghs at Laleham for a short Visit : You shall 

 see Laleham ; they have a pretty Birth here, & abound in Human 



