364 LETTERS TO GILBERT WHITE 



Leeds Abbey, description of, 1, 2. 



Leeds Castle, description of, 2, 



Leheup, Mr., lottery commissioner, anger of House of Commons at, 76. 



Library, New, at Oriel College, 334, 385, 336. 



Lisbon, destroyed, 104 ; heretics saved at, 104. 



London, its bread and beer, 182. 



Louisburgh, victory at, 133. 



Lowth, Dr., 99. 



Ludgershall (Lurgishall), curates of, 183 note. 



LjTidon Hall, 149 note. 



Lythe, common at Selborne, 55 note ; 176. 



Macklin, the actor, as Shylock, 3. 



Mander, Rev. Thomas, Fellow of Oriel, 6 ; his system of Physics, 16 ; visited 

 by Gilbert White, 17 ; his correspondence, 44 ; his after career, 138. 



Melon Grower, Gilbert White as a, 169 note. 



Meonstoke, living of, vacant, 231 ; given to John Mulso, 232 ; house and 

 garden of, 233 ; value of, 233. 



' Metamorphosis,' The, 169 tvote, 312 note. 



' Mice,' nickname of Miss Bebecca White (Mrs. Woods), 163. 



Middleton, Dr. Conyers, 27, 28. 



Moor Park, Bickmansworth, described, 39. 



Moreton Pinkuey, perpetual curacy of, given to Gilbert White, 114, 115 ; 

 visited bv Gilbert White, 166 ; augmentation to, 167 note. 



' Mouse,' Gilbert White's pony, 73 note. 



Mulso, Mr. Edward, Clerk of the Bevenue Office, 24 ; at Sunbury, 58, 93 ; 

 sots songs, 66 ; illness of, 74, 242 ; visits Selborne, 179 ; disappointment 

 of, 182 ; his death, 301. 



Mulso, George, birth of, 172 ; his death, 185. 



Mulso, Miss Hester (Mrs. Chapone), 9; at Hampton, 18; goes to the Baoes, 

 19 ; her sermon, 20, 22, 106 ; at Peterborough, 24, 26 ; on Gilbert White's 

 translation of Horace, 27 ; advice to Gilbert White on writing poetry, 33 ; 

 at Canterbury, 34 ; on Kentish scenery, 34 ; her singing, 35 ; opinion of 

 « Whitiftus,' 40 ; reads ' Clarissa,' 48 ; her letter to Gilbert White, 51 ; 

 her ode on a storm, 54 ; on hectic heat, 71 ; receives game from Gilbert 

 White, 77 ; her esteem for Gilbert White, 104 ; asks after Gilbert White, 

 118 ; her ode to Mrs. Carter, 118 ; illness, 146 ; marriage, 158. 



Mulso, Miss Hester, daughter of Bev. John Mulso, birth of, 186 ; her illness, 

 315 ; verses to Gilbert White, 322 ; name for Meonstoke, 325. 



Mulso, Miss Jane, birth of, 127 ; her wish to see the Selborne hermit, 216 ; 

 a botanical pupil of Gilbert White, 218. 



Mulso, Bev. John, at Leeds Abbey, 1 ; Leeds Castle, 2 ; meets William 

 Collins, 3 ; visits Heme Bay, 4 ; at Canterbury, 4 ; on beauty of Canter- 

 bury ladies, 4 ; on Miss Jenny Croko, 5, 6 ; Gilbert White's celibacy, 6 ; 

 Joseph Warton's character, 8 ; invited to Selborne, 8 ; on Thomas 

 Warton's eclogues, 9 ; Mr. Pelham's gardens, 9 ; in Northants, 9, 10 ; 

 on Gilbert White's poetry, 12, 16, 49, 64, 135, 309, 311, 315, 328; on 

 translation of Horace, 16, 27 ; visit of, to Selborne, 13, 22, 124, 125, 142, 

 144, 218, 258 ; his journey home, 13, 26, 126 ; Vicar of Sunbury, 14 ; 

 at Hampton, 15 ; visits Sunbury, 18 ; his affection for Oriel College, 18 ; 

 on Gilbert White's visit to Sunbury, 19 ; his riding, 19 ; plans visit to 

 Oxford, 20 ; sells his horse, 23 ; his expedition to Cooper's Hill, 24 ; on 

 Gilbert White as a host, 25 ; on vacancies at Peterborough, 26 ; reserves 

 a White room, 26 ; his poverty, 28, 99, 113 ; idleness, 28 ; poem on 

 ' Clarissa,' 29, 30 ; lawsuit, 31 ; building scheme, 31 ; disappointed of 

 preferment, 34 ; his money affairs, 39 ; on Gilbert White's descriptive 

 powers, 39 ; on White's love of hills, 89 ; describes I\Ioor Park, 39, 40 ; on 

 Gilbert White's travels, 40, 41 ; on poet Harman, 42 ; on Anno White's 



