CHAPTEK XII. 



With characteristic good sense Gilbert White had 

 objected, in Letter V. of his 'Antiquities of Selborne,' 

 to " the improper custom of burying within the body 

 of the church/' though so many of his kindred were 

 laid in the chancel at Selborne. His will directed 

 as follows : — 



" And lastly to close all I do desire that I may be buried 

 in the church yard belonging to the parish Church of Selborne 

 aforesaid in as plain and private a way as possible without 

 any pall bearers or parade and that six honest day labouring 

 men respect being had to such as have bred up large 

 families may bear me to my grave to whom I appoint the 

 sum of ten shillings each for their trouble." 



Mr. Taylor paid his curate the compliment of a 

 visit to Selborne to bury him, the funeral taking 

 place on July 1st. 



By his will Gilbert White bequeathed £100 to 

 Oriel College *'as a small acknowledgement for the 

 many favours I have received from that Society for 

 near a half a century past." Legacies were left to 

 his nephews and nieces : to his brother Benjamin 



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