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now I cannot tell ; for he was, when he wrote last, in Expecta- 

 tion of a Siimmon into Northamp'^^, to the Bp of Peterboro' ; 

 for young Clavering, (i.e. he whom we remember yoimg at Christ- 

 church) is dead, and the Post of Eegister devolves by his Death 

 to my Brother. He acts by Deputy in it, & is pd clearly £200 pr 

 ann; — This is a good Help to Tom at the time that my Sister's 

 ill Health requires sollaeing. My Sister Chapone is got as near 

 to us as St Marie's, from whence She migrates hither at the End 

 of the Month. Captain Young is with Us, he has enrich'd his 

 Collection of drawings from some Scapes in your Neighbourhood, 

 & he has lately added some Plans from our Views over the Chace 

 & the Forest towards the Isle of Wight, & some little rural inter- 

 mediate Scenes. He is well instructed & has a happy Fancy, & 

 a quick Eye, but he is capricious & nice, distrustfull of himself, 

 & does not press forward to finishing 'till he has lost the ardor 

 that he sets out with, & cools by fancying that he has not 

 executed his own Thoughts, & the con amore is lost : This he 

 finds out, but we do not. In all his pieces he is agreeable, in 

 some, great. 



I hope You are quite well, & the Part of your family that 

 are wth You. I have got in my Harvest & tonight we celebrate 

 Harvest home. I hope I am as thankfull as ever for God's 

 Blessings, but I want Spirits for Celebrations ; I feel cow'd, & 

 affrighted at Numbers, & Noise. 



But I will not infect you with my Nonsense. Mrs M. wants 

 me to send this off to ye Post, so it will be short. Breve sit, 

 quod turpiter audes. 



William began his shooting Performance by catching an old 

 Bird ; that shew'd Cunning, for You cannot do it by Chaff. And 

 yesterday he brought in two Brace of young Ones. So the 

 French must stay, for he cannot afford to fire at them yet. 



All here join in Love & best wishes wth. 



Dear Gil, Your ever affte 



J. Mulso. 



Letter 222. 

 Eev. Mr White, [Meonstoke] 



Selborne near Alton. Sepr 8th, 1787. 



Dear Gil : 



Mrs Mulso joins me in returning You many Thanks for 

 your Attention to her Longings by sending Bell's Travells, but 

 we are sorry that You should think it necessary to send over 

 your own Servant. Be that as it will, we are ye more obliged. 

 We will take Care to send it back in the Way plann'd out by 

 You. Capt Young is here, & does not know that he gave Capt 

 Dumaresque Reason to expect him at this time ; he however 



