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I ask this indeed more with Eegard to the Sundays, than any 

 thing else, because Mr Gregory now & then pays a Debt or 

 obliges a Neighbour, when he can get loose from his Business 

 here by means of Help. 



We went to Portsmouth last week wth the Admiral & spent 

 some Days there : It is a Place which I always see wth Pleasure ; 

 & I remember that You first shewed it to me. I find myself 

 grown very old since that Time, & was not inclined to go aboard 

 the Ships or launch to Sea ; tho' we had the Admiral's Barge & 

 the Offer of the Commissioner's Yatch. I left the View of the 

 Ships to ye Young Ladies & contented Myself wth dry Work on 

 Shore. We had a pleasant Time of it, & it was of Service to Mrs 

 Mulso, who even ventured to the Comedy at Night, an Effort 

 that She has not made for many a Year. Admiral Young & his 

 Lady were both so pleased wth this Part of ye County, That they 

 went to see a House at Hamilton in Order to take it if it suited 

 them, but it was not fit for his family, so we are dissappointed of 

 their Neighbourhood. I shall see poor Gibson on Wednesday, 

 who has had a great loss of Mr Blud worth, & has been himself 

 very ill at Bristol. 



You will hardly get a Letter to me here, therefore please to 

 direct to me at Wonston & let us know when we shall have the 

 Pleasure of seeing You. 



With affte Comps. from all Mine, I join all the Good wishes 

 of a friend from. Dear Gil, 



Your's sincerely, 



J. Mulso. 



P.S. Comps. to Neighbours Etty, Yalden, &c. 



Letter 153. 



To the Eeverend Mr White, Winton. 



at Selborne near Alton, Hants. Nov : 29 '73. 



Dear Gil : 



My Boy let me know that he was wth You some time ago, 

 but my Memory is so treacherous that I have forgotten whether 

 I thanked You for the Kindness. Of late I know that I have not 

 written, because we have been upon ye Eemove from Meonstoke 

 hither, which We compassed but last Wednesday. My two 

 Daughters have been ill, but are now quite well. We have had 

 Sickness & Accidents among the Servants, & Floods, & wet & 

 unhealthy Seasons. So that We are glad that we are got hither. 

 Yet here a great concern awaits us. Now while I write, Mrs 

 Mulso is gone to settle wth Dr Smith (an inoculating Dr) about 

 taking Charge of my 4 Children & 5 Servts for this critical Event. 



