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in long and short feet. As to law I have nothing to say 

 about it; lawyers get all the money. Our father* you 

 know did not approve of it. Sure London is so large a 

 field, and you have so many friends there, that you cannot 

 be long without hearing somewhat for your son. That you 

 may get a proper place to your mind I heartily wish. 



Y"* affectionate Brother, 



Gil. White. 



We join in respects to my sister. Pray write soon. I 

 do not know that our Coll.-f- is Dutch. 



On July nth, 1774, Mulso writes from Meon- 

 stoke : — 



" You desired me to let you know when we were peace- 

 fully set down at Meonstoke. ... I have two great griefs : 

 one that I cannot ride; the other that you are accessible 

 by no other vehicle. This last is the highest reflexion upon 

 you and Mr. Etty : God forgive you. I talked of you lately 

 with my neighbour Airson at St. Cross ; we abused you on 

 this subject. You ought to love us for it, for I should not 

 care a halfpenny about the road to Selborne, if I had not 

 a regard to Etty and a love for you." 



To the Rev. John White. Selborne, July 15, 1774. 



Dear Brother, — Jack and I went down to Fyfield on June 

 22nd, and stayed there 'til July 8th and found and left 

 brother Harry very brisk and very busy. For what between 

 seven boarders, six children, some farming, three churches, 

 and some building, he has enough to do. He has a one 

 hundred-pound boy in the room of Mr. Brocket, who by this 



* Himself a barrister. 



t This letter is printed from a copy in a female handwriting. "Coll." 

 aeems to have no meaning here, and is very possibly a mistake for some 

 other word. 



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