84 GILBEKT WHITE OF SELBOENE 1782 



Thomas desires a parcel of sweet-williams. 



Your father gave me two yellow asphodels ; one of which 

 has blown finely. 



You may bring us half an hundred of good loaf-calibages, 

 and ^om.Q ferruginous fox-gloves, if any to spare. 



We shall hope to see you soon. 



Mr. and Mrs. Eichardson are here, and three young 

 Wykehamists, for whose sake Timothy is locked safe in 

 the stable. D"^ and Mrs. Stebbing come on Monday. Mr, 

 and Mrs. Powlett dined here yesterday. 



We shall hope to see you and your father very soon. 



Y'^ loving friend, 



Gil. White. 



The quantity of water that fell at Selborne in July last 

 was 7*09 ! ! ! Multum computruit foenum ! 



On August 7th, 1782, Mulso writes from Meon- 

 stoke : — 



"You must be in great beauty in your verdurous spot. 

 How are you in your health? and how able are you as a 

 horseman ? Do you amble about your neighbourhood ? Do 

 you yet serve Faringdon, or is the new representative of 

 Mr. Cage come to exclude you, and to enlarge you? . . . 

 You and your place are among the prejudices of my youth, 

 and my mind dwells upon them with a fondness that I do 

 not feel for newer and grander things. 



"Am I to die before your little favourite work comes 

 out? Des aliquid famm and don't be so tedious and 

 phlegmatic." 



During the summer, which was exceptionally wet 

 and cold, several relations visited Selborne. The 

 Naturalist's Journal records — 



