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to -whom I address'd Myself) whether You would not lodge the 

 Person at your House : I mention'd the Distance, which would 

 be a Hindrance to occasional attendance, & to Sunday's Duty in 

 Case the Gentleman has no Horse. May I not promise a Bed 

 in your House, & a Candle, & a Fire ? I will try to help You, 

 but I know that at present We have no such unemployed sucking 

 Divine. 



As to ye Canvass, I have not a Word more to say about it : 

 I was to mention it as from Another, & that Other understands 

 the Customs of Oriell College better than I do. 



Mrs M., myself, & 2 Daughters hope to pass 3 Weeks in Apl 

 & May in Eathbone Place &c : I wish we may fall in wth You 

 there. This Inoculation has left us only one bad Illness in the 

 contagious way to dread, & that only to ye Younger, which is the 

 whooping Cough, I thank God Eight in my family are got thro' 

 the Distemper, the Ninth my footman, would not take it. Light 

 as this Mode of giving it makes the Distemper, it is still bad 

 enough to be ye Cause of much Uneasiness, but thank God, it is 

 well over ! 



Mr Hinton joined us in abusing You and Mr Etty, for not 

 making your Parish make a Koad to You, which he averred 

 could be done for very little. Think only of my knowing no 

 Time of ye Year for getting at You without a Guide ; & seldom, 

 with One. You are the toto divisos orbe Brittannos. Cannot 

 you threaten to vote agst Sr Simeon if he will not urge the 

 Thing & help it ? What other Use is there now in general 

 Elections ? Have not we here a Duke for our Mayor, & 

 Baronets & Knights for our humble Servants, because the Day 

 approaches? If you lose this Opportunity, I shall think that 

 You love your Rosamond's Bower, because the Access is 

 inscrutable. 



All here salute you. I am. Dear Gil, wth wishes of many 

 happy Returns of this Season. 



Afftely Your's, 



J. Mulso. 



Letter 155. 



To the Revd Mr White, Winchester, 



Selbourne near Alton, Hants. Feb : 15, '74. 



Dear Gil : 



Does there not seem to be a Sort of Reproach in your 

 last Letter, as if I had, from Self-importance, neglected your 

 Commission about the Curacy ? If You think so, You are 

 mistaken in two Circumstances ; One in general, that Curacies 

 to large living'd Men are Trifles — for they give them a good deal 

 of Trouble to get them well-served for them : the Other, that I 



