1746 



M.A. OKDAINED DEACON 47 



August 9th, 1746, found him again up at Oxford, 

 when he attends the races in September. On Oc- 

 tober 7th a "liceat for declamation" costs 65., and 

 on October 22nd he pays "fees at taking A.M. 

 degree 3^ 6^' S'^" 



A somewhat higher scale of fees for the M.A. 

 degree is now in vogue at Oxford, but no sort of 

 examination. At this date, however, it was not so. 

 John Mulso, writing on October 27th, 1746, says — 



"I wish you joy of having passed the fiery ordeal of 

 M.A., but I am sorry you ended so furiously as to burn 

 your works ; why was not Augustus at your elbow to rescue 

 those unfortunate compositions ? To say truth I should 

 have been glad to have seen them, for tho' I might not 

 copy, I might imitate, and I want a model, and for that 

 want's sake I defer setting about anything of that nature; 

 j tell me your whole Proceeding, tell me your Questions, tell 

 I me your Theses, tell me your examination, your masters, 



your let me into the whole Fund. I desire you 



would always have wet brown paper about you, that is, 

 I desire you would not mislay or carry away, or lend out, 

 ' or in any other way distrain the Scheme, which upon your 

 Promise I now call mine. I should be glad to have it here 

 if you could contrive it." 



He also mentions with approval a translation from 

 Horace^ Od. III. 26, which his friend had sent to 

 him. 



On Sunday, April 27th, 1747, Gilbert White re- 

 ceived Deacon's Orders in Christ Church Cathedral, 

 Oxford, from Thomas Seeker, Bishop of Oxford. He 



