56 GILBERT WHITE OF SELBORNE nso 



clay as round as a ball; and some large Gornua Ammonis 

 in the chalk. All people agree where party does not inter- 

 pose, that it is a noble walk : but there is a junto against it 

 called Zigzaggians, of which Mrs. Etty is the head; but 

 Mr. E. and Mr. Yalden would be Bostalians — if they dared. 

 The tall trees in the hanger are very fine when you are 

 among them, and the views through them romantic. My 

 Nephew Barker sets out for Fyfield on Monday, and regrets 

 that he shall miss of you and your father. Brother Ben., 

 &c., came to Newton on Thursday. Pray desire your father 

 to receive my dividend at his leisure. 



The bostal measures 400 yards, and the zigzag, which 

 is to be nicely cleaned out, 426. 



Mrs. Etty and her young people set out to-morrow for 

 Oxford : Mr. E. is already in Oxfordshire. 



All join in due respects, and good wishes. 



¥•* loving Uncle, 

 Octbr. 1st. Gil. White. 



Pray write soon. 



My barometer is this evening at 28 "6. 



Thomas's brother has his ague still: he has taken the 

 roots of daffy-down-dillies. 



To Samuel Barker. Seleburne,* Novr. 23, 1780. 



Dear Sir, — Your letter, though rather late, was very 

 acceptable. I was glad to hear that you had a safe and 

 pleasant journey back, and that you were so well pleased 

 with your journey into Hants, as to be able, on a retrospect, 

 to speak of it with some degree of satisfaction. The test 

 will be whether you liked your late reception by expressing 

 a willingness to come again. Pray give my respects to 

 Mr. Brodrick, and tell him that I always esteem my friend's 



* The perusal of old documents, for the antiquities of Selbome, no doubt 

 accounts for the changed spelling now adopted. 



