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Children have not had it. Mrs Ogle, who went to Town Yester- 

 day, promised to call, & She will let us know whether he is now 

 ill ; I shall guess by what You tell me how long it has been upon 

 Him. I think I shd have heard from Mr Willis, as it is a 

 Distemper which is seldom welcome at a School. But Jack 

 may easily be deceived, for we have had a great deal of this 

 Complaint here & it has ended in a meer Cough, bub very like 

 ye Hooping. He likewise could not hope to deceive in Order to 

 be sent for Home, because he knew that I shd the rather keep 

 him at a Distance. 



I am yet undetermined about my Journey to Town. It will 

 a good deal depend upon an Answer to a Letter that I have sent 

 to Sr George Savile. If I do go, & have not an Opportunity of 

 seeing John while he is wth You, I will endeavour to see him in 

 Fleet Street ; tho' my Stay will be but short in Town. My 

 Jaunt will be about ye middle of next Month, if at all ; in the 

 Second Week of May, I hope to get to Meonstoke : There I am 

 your Neighbour, tho' I own that I am undeserving & not 

 Neighbourly. 



With Love to your Brothers & Mrs White & afifte Comps. to 

 your Neighbours. 



I am, dear Gil, Your old & Sincere Friend, 



J. Mulso. 



P.S. Mrs M joins in Affection &c. 



Letter 150. 



The Eev. Mr White, Winchester, 



at Selbourne near Alton, Hants. Apl 20, 1773. 



Dear Gil : 



I have paid your Subscription* to last Michaelmas & have 

 inclosed the Eeceipt ; I did not pay for Mr Etty, as I was not 

 desired, nor is it at all material, his Acknowledgement of it's 

 being due will settle ye Accounts as clearly as the Payment, & 

 after next Michaelmas he may advance the two Years together. 



Instead of passing my Time in the agreeable Manner that I 

 had hoped wth you & your Brother, I have passed it in Illness ; 

 I have now the latter part of ye Influenza to struggle with ; but 

 my Complaints began in a different & much more violent Way. 

 I have little Hope of being in London now, while the Eector of 

 Blackburn is there ; My best wishes however attend him & his. 

 I congratulate You on the fraternal Congress & beg to be afftely 

 remember'd to them. 



My Brother Ned finds, as is usual, some Drawback upon 



* To the County Infirmary at Winchester. 

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