296 LETTERS TO QILBBBT WHITE 



My Son John is lately returned to Oxford, in a Chaise wth 

 Mr Berkeley one of our Fellows. He went the Alderminster 

 Way, & when they came thither found ye waters so out, that 

 they very courageously tum'd back, & went round by Beading, 

 where they dined late, and lay. So they made the Journey 

 about fourscore Miles. Jack lost his Portmanteau off the Chaise 

 about two Miles from Oxford, but happily it was brought honestly 

 to Him, but required Reward of Course. There was not much 

 good Housewif'ry in the Expedition. 



Mrs Mulso & My Daughters join in Love & good wishes to 

 You. I will imitate You in your Prudence in saying nothing 

 of pubhc affairs. Methinks, however, I see You shrug up your 

 Shoulders. 



In all times, be they good or bad, I am. 



My dear Gil, Your affte Friend & faithful! Servt 



J. Mulso. 



Letter 191. 



Reverend Mr White, Winchester. 



Selbourne near Alton, Hants. + at Alton. June 16, 1781. 



Dear Gil : 



By Thursday's Post, & not before, I got a Letter from my 

 Son, giving me an Account of his having been elected into one 

 of Mrs. Eaton's Scholarships in Worcester College. As I am 

 sensible of your very friendly Interposition in his Favour wth 

 Dr SheflBeld, ye Provost, & of the weight which his Interest 

 carried, I am very much indebted to you for your Recommenda- 

 tion of him, & return You my sincere Thanks. You will, I dare 

 say, be glad, that he has met wth Success : I am doubly so ; 

 as I think an Election into a learned Society must be a Credit 

 to a young Man ; and as I think it a Token of his proper 

 Behaviour, previous to his Success. The Provost has always 

 behaved to him in a very obliging Manner ; & has, I know, 

 managed this affair so as to set Jack in ye best Light. I do 

 not know ye least of ye Value of such a Scholarship, having 

 never once enquired ; looking upon it rather as a creditable 

 Passeport into Life, than as a Pecuniary Establishment : If it 

 ends in a Fellowship it may be valuable that Way. 



I presume this will find You at Selbourne after your Visits 

 in London & Surry. Your Grounds must have cried out for your 

 Care in our odd & precarious Season : I fear You have suffer'd 

 if You are engaged in Cinquefoin ; I, you know, have None. 

 I have now a whole Heap of Men employed at Meonstoke in 

 rebuilding my Garden Wall, which was blown down ; & in other 



