1780 INCOME FKOM FELLOWSHIP 47 



£ s. d. 



Thus, in 1755, he enters . . 50 14 4 



1759 „ . . . 65 15 



1760 „ . . . 116 11 10 



1761 „ . . . 74 11 6 



From the latter date no entry occurs until 1781, 



when he enters — 



£ s. d. 



''By drt. from Oriel College 146 0" 



an amount to which something should be added for 

 the ''allowances" appertaining to a Fellowship. The 

 next entry, in 1787, is £154 155. ll\d. Where, then, 

 does the alleged impropriety of Gilbert White's re- 

 tention of his Fellowship appear, and what is to be 

 said of the statement already quoted, that he con- 

 tinued to hold his Fellowship by holding his tongue ? 

 It is naturally very difficult so long after his 

 death to put forward positive and absolutely con- 

 clusive evidence that the Naturalist was justified in 

 retaining his Fellowship, of which no doubt the 

 College would not have thought of depriving him, 

 or any other Fellow, if his property had produced 

 an income only a little in excess of the value of the 

 Fellowship ; but it may certainly be said that, apart 

 from the abundant proof of the respect and regard 

 which Gilbert White received from all who knew 

 him, the whole evidence now procurable acquits 

 him absolutely of a charge which should never 

 have been so lightly brought forward against the 



