238 LETTERS TO GILBERT WHITE 



Letter 146. 



The Eeverend Mr "White, Winchester. 



Selbourne near Alton, Hants. June 27, 1772. 



Dear Gil : 



I have this Moment received a Letter from Mr Elmsall 

 inclosing a Letter to Him from a Mr Bolton of Blackburn. Mr 

 Bolton reports that the Living is now worth £250 pr an. being 

 improved since the Time Mr Woollin set his Tythes. Out of this 

 2 Curates are now kept at £40 each : the Parish being large & 

 troublesome. This is All of the Contents that regard You. If 

 Jack "White can thrash for Himself, & bear our Climate, the 

 affair may be near £200 clear. I am sure I wish him all Success 

 in it. I was alarm'd by the Papers wth the Name of Another 

 Clerk put into the rich Vicarage of Blackburn by the ArchBp. 

 You can explain this affair; perhaps he may be a Stopgap to 

 prevent a Lapse to ye ArchBp of York, but Conjectures are 

 endless. I presume you will see your Brother on his arrival ; 

 pray present my Love to Him. 



The little Peep which I had at You is better than None : 

 I love to have ocular Demonstration of my friend's health. Mrs 

 Mulso & All here are much Your's. Comps. to ye Neighbours. 

 I am. Dear Gil, Ever affectely Your's, 



J. Mulso. 



Letter 147. 



Eevd Mr "White, Swan at Alton. 



Selborne. Monday Sepr 21, '72. 



Dear Gil : 



Could I have been secure of being here at this Hour & of 

 ye Regularity of the Post, I would have begd to have seen You 

 here to Dinner, wth Mrs Mulso & my dear Boy. But I have 

 been so ill of late that I was forced to deferr my Visit at 

 Farnham, to which Place I am now going, tho' I was to have 

 gone on Thursday, & ye Bishop's Time is short, so that we 

 cannot stay long ; & my Sister Chapone is there in waiting for 

 us. My Complaint has been ye Piles, which wth Phlebotomy & 

 ye natural Haemorrhoid (which I was glad to obtain after much 

 Pain,) has given me "Weakness & a Pain in my Side. However, 

 here, thank God, I am, without any great inconvenience : and it 

 seems to me very queer to be here without a Purpose of taking 

 Selborne in my "Way : but so it must be. 



I reed your Lr last Night, I am glad that Jack has settled 

 the Affair so cleverly for Harry. I was ready to have carried 

 any Petition to ye Bishop, but am more pleased that it is need- 

 less, & so soon expedited. As to Mr "Woollin, he was neither 



