LETTEB CLXXIX 279 



Heat being too great for me. I am still, like a Horse, in my 

 Drinkings : and my little Dr lets me go from him wth some 

 reluctance. I certainly am far from well, but the Year demands 

 it's Share of me in the Country : the longest Day is, alass ! 

 gone by. 



All the rest of my fam : pretty well, & much Your's. The 

 Bp at Faraham & well. Tom Mulso reinstated in His Comm" of 

 Bankruptcy ; a fine Employment in these Days ! 



I hope to hear a good Acct from You of You & Your's, par- 

 ticularly of John. I have look'd after your Book in Vain. 

 I am ever. Dear Gil, Your affte Friend, 



J. Mulso. 



Letter 179. 

 Reverend Mr "White, Meonstoke. 



Selbourne near Alton, + at Alton. Oct : 15, 1778. 



Dear Gil : 



We were exceedingly out of Luck, that we did not know 

 of your Eeturn, & receive your kind Invitation while We were 

 at Farnham Castle, to which Place we went on the first of this 

 Month & returned on Monday last, ye 12th. I looked up towards 

 your Hills as I pass'd them with a longing Eye, and I passed on 

 without the Unfeelingness of ye Levite. My Horses were but 

 poorly when I went, & all the Time "We were at Farnham they 

 were employed in being ill & getting better ; but not well. So 

 that I was forced to hire at Alton. They have not yet got the 

 better of their Complaint, & I shall be obliged to save up what 

 Strength I can in Horseflesh to get to "Winchester, to which 

 Place I hope to go the Week after next. Meantime the packing 

 up our chattells for both Places, & carrying; & Country Matters 

 will absorp every quantulum of our Time. Add to this that I 

 am not well, & have an additional & girlish Complaint called 

 Tooth Ach : These things put me out of Conceit wth Moving 

 at all ; and the severe Change in our Climate makes me afraid 

 of new Scenes, where I may get ill & plague my old Friend more 

 than He is aware. We have likewise another Call to keep upon 

 this Spot : Captn Young, our Nephew, who miss'd his Command 

 of the Yarmouth at the Leeward Islands by her being sent by 

 his Father to England before his Commission arrived, has been 

 presented to the Command of the Hind, a 20 Gun Ship, 'till 

 Ld Sandwich can fit him with a better. He intends us a "Visit 

 fm Portsmouth when She is order'd round, which is every day 

 expected ; &, as We have not seen him since his Eeturn, & as 

 he is going out again, tho' not for a long time, it is natural 

 that we shd be very desirous to be in the Way agst he comes. 



We therefore cannot accept your very friendly Invitation; 



