172 GILBERT WHITE OF SELBORNE mi 



intelligent letter, and quotation, and for your present, and 

 all other good offices. I paid Nurse Abor up to Michaelmas 

 last, as long ago as the first of October. We suppose ' The 

 Wealth of Nations,' which was left behind in the hamper, 

 went down to Fyfield in Mrs. J. White's trunk. Sam[son] 

 White is a very fortunate young man : for now the Provost 

 and Fellows of Oriel Coll. have elected him to a good 

 Exhibition which is to continue three years, viz. 'til he 

 has taken his Master's Degree.* This benefaction was 

 given us, and two more of the same value, by D*^ Robinson, 

 Bishop of London, and first Plenipotentiary in the reign 

 of Queen Anne at the making of the peace of Utrecht : 

 he also built us a wing to our College. 



But that I may not be wanting in the most momentous 

 part of my Natural History permit me to add, that your 

 son is perfectly well and jolly, and much disposed to eat 

 my roasted apples ; and promises another double tooth : 

 he promises also to be a Connoisseur, for he takes much 

 notice of the engravings on my wainscot, which appear to 

 him to be different from Dad's naked walls. Thanks to your 

 father for his letter, which I will answer soon. 



¥•■ loving uncle, 

 Gil. White. 



I procured Sam's exhibition for Uncle Harry between 

 30 and 40 years ago. 



Pray let this letter stand the last, before the letters to 

 Mr. Barrington describing the weather of Selborne, in 

 number, I think, four. Many thanks for your careful 

 corrections of the proofs, which are very exact. Where you 



find a word not marked thus , print it in Italics when 



you think it expedient. Your father-in-law, by his In- 

 structions to Mazel has much improved the front of the 



* A further instance of the goodwill of the College to Gilbert White. 



