320 LETTERS TO GILBERT WHITE 



LetUr 208. 

 Reverend Mr White, Meonstoke. 



Selborne near Alton, Hants. + at Alton July 15, 1784. 



Dear Gil : 



We at present purpose, (& I hope in God to be able to 

 bring it to pass) to wait upon You on Tuesday the 27th of this 

 Month, & hope to pass a little Time wth You in great Happiness ; 

 we think of about ten days; but You shall limit our Time as 

 l)est suits your own Convenience & ye Purposes of your family. 



I believe my Son John will then be wth Us. I have enquired 

 about Sister Chapone & find the Dean of Winchester is returned 

 without her. If my Son can be admitted in her room, let me 

 know it, but if That is inconvenient, we must dispose of him in 

 some other Manner. 



I have a very ugly Jobb on my Hands, which is to set off for 

 Abingdon, Berks, & attend a Cause at the Assizes on ye 20th. 

 I have there appointed my Son to meet me, & have proposed to 

 him to bring him home wth me ; for by this time he will have 

 taken his Master's Degree <t ye Term will be over, & he free to 

 do as he pleases by ye Provost's Leave. I hope to be at home 

 by Thursday or Fryday, from that Expedition. And then — all 

 thoughts for Selborne on Tuesday. 



My wife has been so ill at her Stomach that I despaired of 

 all Jaunts ; but She is pretty tolerable now, & our Hopes grow 

 sanguine again. We shall make a Halt at Tisted Turnpike, 

 where we intend a latish Breakfast ; & hope to be met by a 

 Guide from You.* I join in your hearty & kind Prayer for our 

 happy Meeting together, & am, Dear Gil, 



Most affectionately Your's, 



J. Mulso. 



Put me a good little bed under me, & I must take what care 

 I can of my elbows. Comps. to Mrs J. White &c. Mem. I bring 

 no Govm or Sermon. 



Letter 209. 

 Reverend Mr White, Meonstoke. 



Selborne near Alton, Hants. + at Alton. July 21, 1784 

 Dear Gil : 



I got to Winchester on Sunday Ev'ning, & there, in the 

 hands of Mr Knott, ye Attorney, I found a Letter from ye 

 Lawyers at Abingdon to let me know that my Journey was 

 unnecessary. I fancy that in ponsequence of my letting you 



• East Tisted is a village about 4 miles S.W. of Alton, on the main road 

 through Famham & Alton to Gosport. At this point one of the lanes, by 

 which only Selborne could at this time be reached, turned off. 



