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with Us. My little Captain (for he is but 4 feet 9 Inc : high) 

 must leave Us about the 12th, if bis Leave is not enlarged, to 

 answer to his Call on board the Hinchinbrook in Sheerness, to 

 which Ship he was turned over fm the Hind, on her being laid 

 up to be paid oflf, that his Time & Pay might run on. He has 

 been laid up wth a lame Leg, but is better again now & in high 

 Spirits, & is not discouraged wth his way of Life, the' I do not 

 think that it suits his present State of Blood. 



My Wife is tolerable after a bad Cough. Jenny pretty well, 

 but Hester has had bad Pains in her Side & Head Aches, like 

 Myself. All join in best Loves & Services to you & Your's. I 

 have had a bad Entrance on this Year, what wth ill Health & 

 melancholy Events. I hope it will clear up now, tho' I am only 

 recovering of a bad Head-Ach, which I suspect to be either Gout 

 or Eheumatism. I am very susceptable of Cold. 



My Sister Chapone has been ill in Town, & has had a violent 

 bleeding at her Nose, by which She lost 20 Ounces, which is a 

 great Pull at her strength. I cannot tell You where She lodges 

 now as She was upon the Move, & I directed a Lr to her yester- 

 day to my Brother Mulso's in Charlotte Street near Bedford 

 Square. 



Our Dean has been very ill, but is mending ; he is in Berke- 

 ley Square. Dr Jeff : Ekins has got ye Deanery of Carlisle, by 

 an Exchange for an Irish Bishoprick under Ld Carlisle's Irish 

 administration, which Dr Percy has accepted. Clogher was the 

 Preferment that drop'd ; but whether he has that or a less, I do 

 not know. The Bp of Oxford has resigned his Arch-Deaconry 



of Surry, & a Mr F , who married his Niece, has got ye Living 



of Bishop's Waltham for it, on ye Death of my good Neighbour 

 Cutler. Dr Chelsum has Droxford. A Mr Carver has ye Arch- 

 Deaconry, & is to be installed here on Saturday. 



My Children are just up, having been at a Subscription Ball 

 last night, from whence they came home before four this Morng. 

 I wish the Change of Ministry may be of Service to You. I look 

 for little in this World, except in ye Persons of my Children. It 

 may serve there, if it lasts. 



I am, My dear Gil, with best wishes, Ever afftely Your's, 



J. Mulso. 



Letter 197. 

 Reverend Mr White, Winchester. 



at Selbourne near Alton, Hants, -f at Alton. Apl 17, 1782. 

 Dear Gil : 



In a Letter, that I lately address'd to You, my Concern 

 was express'd about the Consequence of Dr Eoman's Death to 

 You, but I have not heard from You since, and I surmize that 



