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must pay ten per cent, and when the borrower dies the 



residue remains a debt on the living 'til by degrees it is 



payed off. Mr. Etty, as far as he knows of the matter yet, 



for neither has he seen the act, approves much of the plan, 



and thinks he may avail himself of the matter so as to 



save himself from heavy demands on his family at his death. 



The security to the lender seems to be safe and good, since 



the living, not any particular incumbent, is answerable : but 



some think few men that have money will care to lend it so 



as to have the principal repaid at the rate perhaps of only 



20s per ann. We had wet weather all the month of May : 



but from the 10th of June to the 9th of July it was the 



strangest summer-solstice I ever saw; nothing but wind, 



and floods, and clouds, and wintry doings ; so that we kept 



fires in the parlor most part of the time. We have now 



sweet weather. Respects to my sister. 



Y^« &c., 



Gil. White. 



A copy of the following letter from Mr. Sewell, 



Eector of Headley, to Gilbert White, was forwarded 



by him to his brother Thomas ; no doubt in view 



of the latter 's proposed publication upon Hampshire 



antiquities. To the letter Gilbert White added the 



postscript below given : — 



Headley, Aug. 7, 1777. 



Rev^ Sir, — Out of a large pot of Medals (about 3 years 

 since) which were found in Wulmere pond, I collected a 

 regular series, from Claudius Drusus to Commodus included ; 

 that is, Medals of all the Roman Emperors from a.d. 43 to 

 194 with those of the two Faustinas, and Crispina, Empress 

 of Commodus : and after Commodus I found no more. Also 

 among the rest I found that of Trajan's famous Stone 

 Bridge over the Danube below Belgrade ; which if it had 



