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scribed wth the greatest Eagerness, at low Interest ; while it 

 hardly to be got in France at great Interest ; all this looks well, 

 80 that I almost forget that I have got nothing myself but my 

 little Prebend, which has cost me between 30 & 40 Pounds to 

 get into it. 



The Bp's Family are all at Salisbury ; Mrs Ogle not yet 

 brought to Bed. I have buried my Neighbour Mr Trot, who has 

 left his Widow above £20,000 in her own Disposal. 



The Year is as beautifuU as ever I saw. I long to be in your 

 Grotto. — gelidis sub Montibus Haemi, is your Situation. All our 

 Complts. 



I am, Dear Gil, Afftely Your's, 



J. M. 



Letter 77. 



[Sunbury, 



July 13, 1758. 

 Dear Gil : 



It is very true that I have not written to You of a great 

 while ; but I chose to suspend that Pleasure 'till I could inform 

 You that Mrs Mulso had recovered in a very great measure her 

 old Health. As her Breast varied in it's appearance & Feel for 

 a long Time, I could not boast of an absolute Cure ; & yet 

 thought it near. But now I thank God there are no Symptoms 

 of any Eelapse, & Nothing left but many cruel Scars, a great 

 Tenderness & a quick Sense of Changes of Weather. We were 

 in London last week & came down on Tuesday last, Our Family 

 are moving off to Canterbury next Week & so we went to make 

 them a farewell Visit. The weather is so bad and the Rains so 

 continual that we could go to no public Place of Diversion ; but 

 we saw the British Musaeum, & were conducted all over it by Dr 

 Mattie. You who have had the Supervisal of the Bodleian 

 Library will perhaps think 50,000 printed volumes but a private 

 Collection ; but there are besides about five Eooms full of 

 Manuscripts ; & four or five Eooms where the Virtuoso & the 

 Naturalist have high Enjoyment of Samples in their Way : The 

 House is at the same Time royal, & the Prospect* grand & 

 delightfull. I gladly compounded for the Loss of Town Diver- 

 sions by this Entertainment. We were so fortunate as to have 

 a Sight of Bill Young, who is going to Germany. We went 

 stifling in a Hackney to Clapham to see Miss Prescot, who is 

 there with Dr Hinckly ; You remember him of Pembroke ; She 

 is tolerably well for her. Tom is on ye Circuit. I had an 

 Intention of calling on your Bror and Sisr Benjamin, but the 



• The view of the country N. of London, as far as the Highgate Woods. 



