74 GILBEKT WHITE OF SELBOENE 1753 



you and I will go over to dine with my uncle through some 

 of the most delightful riding in England. ... Sir Philip 

 [Musgrave of Eden Hall] has carried Chardin [Musgrave] 

 to wait upon my uncle, but I do not apprehend that he has 

 taken any great fancy to him, for your story has given him 

 a very great dislike to Him " — 



a significant mention of Chardin Musgrave, who 

 was shortly afterwards to become Gilbert White's 

 successful rival in the candidature for the Provost- 

 ship of Oriel. 



Shortly before this time (in February) Benjamin 

 White married Miss Ann Yalden, daughter of the 

 Rev. Edmund Yalden, Vicar of Newton Valence. 

 In May, Mrs. Charles White, the wife of the Rector 

 of Bradley and Swarraton, died. 



On May 2nd, 1753, Gilbert White went out of 

 his office of Proctor, and at the end of the month 

 set out for '* London, Sunbury, and Selborne." 

 Writing at this time, Mulso begs that *'when you 

 come you will bring your Selbourne voice that you 

 may be heard in our church." Later on, in July, he 

 paid a visit to his relative. Dr. White, at Christian 

 Malford, Wilts, on his way to ''a seven weeks' season 

 at the Hot well at Bristol, from July 9th to August 

 the 30th." 



A slight feverish attack seems to have been the 

 cause of this visit, since Mulso, after mentioning 

 that he himself, like his friend, had been suffering 

 from "Inward Heat," continues — 



