246 LETTERS TO GILBERT WHITE 



They will all be together in my House : Jack is 7iot tioiu apprized 

 of it, but as soon as Dr Smith has judged for him, he shall have 

 his Choice. Fryday next is the Day fixed on for ye Purpose : 

 It is an Agreement made by several famiUes in the Close that we 

 shall hazard together. So that You or your friends that shd be 

 afraid of Infection to Yourselves or Others, will stear clear of 

 Winchester, for the Rifeness of it here has urged Us into this 

 Measure. 



I am desired by Mr BuUer to recommend the Son of Dr Mill, 

 Dean of Exeter, to a Fellowship of Oriell at your ensuing Elec- 

 tion : It is a Fellowship confined to Devonshire. Promises, on 

 this Sort of Subject, he knows are never given, but he hopes ye 

 Success of this young Man will fall in wth the general Liking & 

 good will of the College. I have no particular Knowledge of ye 

 Dean of Exeter, tho' he has : but I hope that the Son maintains 

 the fair character of his father, and Mr BuUer is a Man worth 

 obliging. 



I am hooked into strict Residence ; wth a Mind ill at Ease, 

 but pretty well in Body. You who receive Lrs & keep up a 

 Correspondence with the Philosophers* of Europe, think little of 

 an Epistle from the Vice Dean of Winchester, but my new Title 

 & my old Friendship is all that I have at present to offer from. 

 Dear Gil, Your's sincerely and afftely, 



J. Mulso. 



Letter 164. 



The Reverend Mr White Winchester. 



at Selbourne near Alton, Hants. Deer 26, 1773. 



Dear Gil: 



I was acquainted by Mr Hinton some time ago that You 

 was in Sussex, I therefore did not expect to hear from You, but 

 was afraid for a Life\ that is still, in several Senses, valuable to 

 You. I am glad to hear that you have performed your Journey 

 in so manfuU a way, & had such good Luck in point of Weather. 

 I have mentioned the affair of your temporary CuracyJ to two or 

 three People, who will give a better Look-out than I can ; but 

 You are sensible that so short & undetermined a Cure is not very 

 readily undertaken. If our Minor Canons undertake a Church 

 for a Sunday, they expect a Guinea ; but I think You mean to 

 have a resident Curate : I was asked (by a Fellow of ye College 



• i.e.. With Linnaeus. t The life of Mrs. Snooke. 



J At this time John White was pressing his brother to visit him at 

 Blackburn, and the latter was looking for a temporary curate to take his 

 duty at Farringdon. 



