1763 A LITTLE JOUKNAL 129 



Writing on July 12th John Mulso says : — 



" How busy will you be when this reaches you, in showing 

 out your delightful Places ? My sister Mulso, if she has 

 strength to reach them, has a soul to enjoy them ; my 

 brother's picturesque genius will find food. Yes, I see 

 you upon the area of the Hermitage, the arm extended and 

 the finger pointing out the happiest lights and Shades of 

 the prospect. I see you under the beeches of the Lythe,* 

 You are in more soft and mild attitudes, a sort of Pastoral 

 spirit possesses you ; you hardly want to look over the blue 

 forest, so contented are you in your green recess. . . . What 

 a cold Batchelour are you ! So many Beauties, and so many 

 Thousands, and Integer laudas? Very fine! abominable I 

 mean. As to poor Harry Tinderbox, I pity his liver. Desire 

 my brother to use his pen, as well as his pencil, and let us 

 be the better for it. . . ." 



Miss Catharine Battle, at this time in her twen- 

 tieth year, kept a little journal of her summer visit 

 at Selborne, which the writer of this memoir, her 

 great-grandson, ventures to think will be found of 

 sufficient interest to excuse its being given in full. 



A little Joiir7ial of some of the Happiest days I have had in 

 The happy Valley in the year 1763. 



The 4 of June 1763 dined in the Hermitage the company 

 Mr. White Mr.t & Mrs. Yalden Uncle Eichard Miss Jenny 

 White j Mr. & Mrs. Etty my Sisters & self, Mrs. Snooke§ 

 came up to Tea with us had a very agreable day. 



* Common land, near the stream, at Selborne. 

 + Vicar of Newton Valence. 

 X Daughter of Benjamin White. 



§ Of Ringnier, Gilbert White's aunt, now lately a widow. 

 VOL. I. — K 



