156 LETTBBS TO GILBEBT WHITE 



entirely alone in his one Horse Chair, which he bought for 

 ye Purpose. You will naturally break ye Way by a Visit in 

 Kutland : and let me caution You not to come on immediately 

 after a Glut of Eain, for ye waters of Newark are then three 

 miles broad, & in some Places five foot deep. I hear that my 

 Brother Ned intends You a Visit this Summer : Harry <fe He 

 will caroll away bravely. We were much entertained wth your 

 Short Sketch of Harry's Fuss, and his accurate Provision. 



I thank God Myself & Family enjoy our Healths here as 

 well, if not better, than we did at Sunbury. For the Neighbours, 

 A the Vicinity to Town & many Places that contained friends, 

 I feel ye Desiderium for Sunbury ; but for ye Place, I am as 

 well where I am ; I think better. My Church is old, but strong ; 

 not very large nor small ; a large, not a learned Congregation. 

 We have here an old Figure of a Knight Templar wth his Legs 

 across ; and a decent Place of Tombs for ye Savile Family. A 

 tolerable Tower, and three Bells in it, so no Temptation to 

 ringing, which plagued Us much at Sunbury. — But my Cart is 

 come wth Coals. About a Cart full & half is a Chaldron, 

 <% is Value 3 Shilgs at ye Pit. At Sunbury, 40 : Dreadfull 

 Alternative ! ! 



Our very sincere Love & good Wishes attend You <t Yours 

 A Congrat's to Mr Etty, k to Yourself on a new Neighbour : 



I am, dear Gil : Afftely Your's, 



J. MuIbo. 



Letter 96. 



Thornhill, 



Novr 3, 1760. 

 Dear Gil : 



I remember from our first Acquaintance that You always 

 had a Reluctance to set Pen to Paper ; I fancy chiefly occasioned 

 by a Slowness in Writing, I am sure not of thinking, or for want 

 of any Sensations that warm the Writer. As to Myself, who put 

 down the Medleys of an unmethodized Brain just as they rise 

 uppermost, I always feel a strong Propensity to set down to 

 answer a Letter just when I have read it : for my Mind & heart 

 are then enlivened by the Images that are conveyed; and tho' 

 It may very well bear frequent Repitition & Perusal, yet certainly 

 the first Coup seizes the Fancy in ye most powerfull Manner ; 

 & some Things will fall out of ye Memory by Delay that at first 

 reading would have been the principal Subject of an answer. 

 I cannot instance this more strongly, than in your last Letter ; 

 for is it possible for You to recollect without the utmost Com- 

 punction, Dejection, Shame, Contrition, &c : &c : &c : that tho' 

 I had told You of Mrs Mulso's riding under your Auspices, & 

 according to your own strict Injunctiotis ; tho' I had told You 



