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Calculation of the Quantum of Genius thro' all the northern 

 nations. It is well for me that you are set down quiet 

 at Selborne, where I suppose the coming of the Spring will 

 confine you till you have set everything in order for its 

 summer Perfection. As soon as that is done, I think I 

 hardly know you, if you do not set out on a Ramble." 



Since Michaelmas, 1761, Gilbert White .had been 

 curate to Mr. Koman, who had succeeded Dr. Hales 

 as rector (non-resident) of the adjoining parish of 

 Faringdon ; a curacy which he held for five-and- 

 twenty years, until the death of Mr. Etty, and the 

 non -residence of his successor, gave him the oppor- 

 tunity of becoming for the third time curate of his 

 native village. 



In March, 1762, the Garden Kalendar contains a 

 careful entry of the order in which some new pear 

 trees were planted in the **new garden." The names 

 may now be of some little interest. They are : 

 ' ' Chaumontelle," ' * Virgoleuse, " * ' Crasane, " " Doyenne. ' ' 

 "St. Germain," "Brown Bury," '* Autumn Burgamot," 

 and "Swan's Egg." A "Le Royal" and a *' Queen 

 Claudia " plum (greengage) were also planted. April, 

 1762, saw Gilbert White set out for Tidworth, which 

 Harry White was just about to leave, since he had 

 been presented to the (Chancellor s) living of Fyfield, 

 near Andover. 



Mulso writes on April 18th, 1762 : — 



"I hope my brother Eector of Fifield will change his 

 for a better under the Patronage of my Lord Chancellor; 

 in the meantime I sincerely wish him joy of the present 



