244 LETTERS TO GILBERT WHITE 



She could not but be pleased wth what gave a general Pleasure. 

 Mrs Mulso & Myself were at Winchester upon a Summons to ye 

 Chapter, & therefore lost a very agreeable Party. My Sister 

 Chapone who is now at Mr Ekins' in Buckinghamshire will be 

 soon at the Deanery at Winton, from whence She will make an 

 easy Transition hither. I have not seen her since ye great 

 Harvest of her Fame : She is much gratified by ye Praises that 

 resound on all Sides ; & indeed I fairly think that She deserves 

 them. The critical Reviewers have confined their Plaudit 

 chiefly to ye religious Turn of the Book, wherein indeed it 

 shines, but I wonder that they took no Notice of some elegant 

 & very judicious Observations in it, that are very much out of 

 ye Common way of Writing. As You was in Rathbone place 

 you know all about my family, & I am afraid saw my Sisr Mulso 

 in a very dangerous State of Health. She is returned from ye 

 Country, that used to set her up, to the Islington waters, I hope 

 wth good Effect. Tom is in Northtonshire. 



I have tired out my Paper, my Pen, You & Myself, & have 

 only Boom & Power to releive You by hastily subscribing Myself, 



Dear Gil, Afftely Your's, 



J. Mulso. 



LetUr 152. 



To the Reverend Mr White Meonstoke. 



at Selbourne near Alton, Hants. July 26, '73. 



Dear Gil : 



I promised, upon your very kind Notice of designing Us a 

 Visit, to send You word when Admiral Young left Us, who, wth 

 the Part of ye family that accompanied him, filled up my Beds : 

 But tho' he left us on Saturday Morning We are not yet free to 

 receive You. Mr & Mrs BuUer came here that very Night, & 

 finding Mrs Mulso's Cough returned in some Degree (tho', thank 

 God ! not so bad as before,) they insisted on our taking a little 

 Turn to Wonston wth them for the Change of Air. Mr Buller 

 is gone on to Portsmouth to wait on the Bp of Oxford as his 

 Chaplain while he confirms for my Uncle : He returns hither 

 tonight. Tomorrow we all go to Winton & Mrs Mulso goes 

 forward wth them to Wonston ; but I return to wait on the Bp of 

 Oxford at Waltham on Wednesday : on Thursday Jenny & I 

 follow to Wonston; & there we reside 'till the Fryday Sen'night, 

 which will be August 6th. We shall be then much at your 

 Service at Meonstoke. I suppose that You have not yet got rid 

 of your Trammells at Farringdon ; but if You can bring us a 

 Sermon for ye Sunday, my Curate & I shall be glad. Let me 

 know when You can come to Us, & how long You can stay ; 



