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towards the end of this month : whether he would have 

 taken any notice of the antiquities of Seleburne, had he 

 seen them in time, before his account of Hants was printed 

 off, I cannot pretend to say. He made honourable mention, 

 I remember, of my account of the British Hirundines in his 

 ' British Topography.' 



Charles Henry, the second son of poor brother Henry 

 White was ordained Sunday seven night by the Bishop 

 of Winton : as to Sam. he remains a layman still, on account 

 of an awkward statute which forbids a fellow of Oriel from 

 going into orders till he is regent Master. 



While I was writing this the Eeading Mercury brought 

 in the news of the death of poor good Mr. Loveday of 

 Caversham. He was gathered-in like a ripe stock of corn, 

 in a good old age; having lived a blameless life; and been 

 the occasion of many good and benevolent actions. You 

 and a friend were I hear at " Horace's head " on the day 

 of procession.* Nephew Ben. and wife have just left us. 

 Brother Thomas and Mrs. J. White join in respects. 



The bloom of apple is again prodigious ! 



Your most humble servant, 



Gil. White. 



The Naturalist's Journal, under date May 24th, 

 1789, South Lambeth, contains a copy of a letter from 

 Dr. Chandler, dated Eolle en Suisse, April 4th, 1789, 

 regarding his observations of swallows, etc., there. 



The publication of Gilbert White's book naturally- 

 brought him into relations with other students of 

 natural history, hitherto strangers to him. One of 

 the first of these to write to him was George 

 Montagu (1755-1815), subsequently the well- 



* Of King George III. to St. Paul's, to return thanks for his recovery. 



