1788 



HIS BOOK PUBLISHED 187 



with several of his family. He records in his 

 Journal a fishing expedition to "Frensham great 

 pond," besides several observations on natural history; 

 and regretfully notes — 



"Aug. 14. Selborne Hanger dreadfully denuded, and y® 

 grand Hanging Wood facing Bro : White's garden horribly 

 mangled. 



"[Aug.] 19. Famous Druidical Stones br^ fr. Bridestone 

 Lane by Nep^ Edm^." 



The era of improvements at Selborne was by no 

 means over, since the Naturalist's Journal records — 



" 1788, Oct 10. Nailed up a Greek, and an Italian inscrip- 

 tion on the front of the alcove [? the new Hermitage] on the 

 Hanger. 



" [Oct.] 27. Set up again my stone dial, blown down many 

 years ago, on a thick Portland-slab in the angle of the 

 terrass. The column is very old, and came from Sarson 

 house, near Amport, and was hewn from the quarries of 

 Chilmarke. The dial was regulated by my meridian line. 



"Nov. 3. Bro[ther] Tho[mas] sowed many acorns, and 

 some seeds of an ash in a plot dug in Baker's hill. 



" [Nov.] 26. Finished shovelling the Zigzag and Bostal." 



On Dec. 3rd, 1788, Henry White wrote in his 

 Journal at Fyfield — 



"Hamper from London containing y^ Natural History of 

 Selborne, presented by y^ Author. A very elegant 4*^° with 

 splendid Engravings & curious invest® [investigations]." 



To the Bev. B. Ghurton. Selborne, Dec. 3, 1788. 



Dear Sir, — There is an old maxim, which poor dear 

 Mrs. Etty now and then made use of, that when once " Stir 

 up we beseech thee, Lord, the wills of thy faithful people," 



