214 LETTERS TO GILBERT WHITE 



no thoughts of sending Jenny to a School at present, nor am 

 I very fond of a School for Girls. I heard that besides the 

 Company that you tell me of in your Lr You have had the 

 President of Trinity & his Lady with You. What can that Fool 

 Parfeet mean ? Is this ye Effect of a London Life ? Is this 

 urbanity ? 



We are fellow Sufferers in point of Weather. It has touched 

 all Invalids severely. I have had a sore throat & bad Cold a 

 great while. Mrs Mulso has been but poorly. I do not get 

 on Horseback once in six Weeks : there is nothing to tempt 

 my Eides out. No Coursing in the fallows, & ye Eoads wet 

 & slabby. 



My Brother's Book thrives wonderfully; and one of the 

 principal Places where it has been demanded, is the Bath, 

 which one would not think of because Bath Waters & Dissipation 

 used to be prescribed together. 



We have several Invitations to London ; when we can find a 

 Method of getting thither, it would be a great addition to our 

 Pleasure to meet You there, but whether we can contrive our 

 Schemes so well, I much fear ; Perhaps you are at Liberty at one 

 Time, as well as at Another. 



Dr Ogle has left Bremhill & has got in Lieu of it a Prebend 

 of Durham of £400 pr an. This lies very conveniently in his 

 way to Elirkless* in Northumberland, & is not encumber'd with 

 a Curate. 



I am curious to see how the American Affairs will turn out. 

 It is of Concern to ye Blanketers of Witney. We have some 

 great Patriots here, I'll assure You ; & I think I could pick out 

 a Club, as considerable as That in the Memoirs of P. P. 



Health & Happiness attend You ; I shrink at the Approach 

 of Winter ; I miss my Laurestinums & several Shrubs that made 

 my Garden look less dreary. But at least We have a better 

 Neighbourhood here than in the North. 



Mrs Mulso & all here join me in good Wishes. 



I am, Dear Gil, Very affectionately Your's, 



J. Mulso. 



Letter 131. 



To the Eeverend Mr White Witney. 



at Selborne near Alton, Hants. Jan : 28 — 69. 



Dear Gil : 



I thank you very kindly for your Letter of the 13th. 

 I have given some Time for your Eeturn to your own House ; 

 for on a Visit, many Amusements & Avocations make an Inter- 

 course of Letters less material to our Pleasure : This I say as a 



* The seat of the Ogle family. 



