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INDEX 



with Pennant, 151 ; discovery of 

 the harvest mouse, 155 ; The 

 Naturalist's Journal, 156 ; on Sir 

 Joseph Banks, 160; opinion of the 

 •British Zoology,' 162, 166, 176; 

 observations on swallows and 

 swifts, 163 ; on the study of 

 nature, 165 ; acquaintance with 

 Barrington, 169 ; style of his 

 family letters, 177; letters to the 

 Kev. John White, 178-81 et seq.; 

 visit from Mr. and Mrs. Mulso, 

 181 ; on specimens from Gibraltar, 

 182, 198, 203, 205, 207 ; at work 

 on his book, 190, 201, 320, II. 21, 

 33, 77 ; letters to Samuel Barker, 

 190 et seq.; death of his sister, 

 Mrs. "Woods, 198 ; on the safe 

 return of Mr. Banks, 202, 203 ; 

 the shivering wren and sedge -bird, 

 217, 219 ; invitation to his brother, 

 222 ; on a bullfinch changing colour, 

 225; the disputes at Oriel, 227, 

 228; on his levelling work, 234; 

 visit to Lancashire, 237; mono- 

 graphy on the British Hirundines, 

 238, 241, 250, 295 ; the flood at 

 Selborne, 239 ; refuses Cromhall 

 Rectory, 245 ; on the breeding of 

 swifts, 258, 260; on Linnseus' 

 letter, 261 ; the CEstrus curvicauda, 

 264, 267, 274; construction of 

 tortoises, 265 ; conception of 

 poetry, 269, 282 ; letters to Mrs. 

 Barker, 272 et seq.; on Pennant's 

 'Tours,' 275; the 'Fauna Cal- 

 pensis,' 276, 279, 286, 291, 299, 

 311, II. 6, 18, 32 ; Dr. Johnson's 

 'Journey,' I. 277; Grimm's draw- 

 ings, 289, 320, 326, 328, II. 3 ; on 

 the fern-owl, I. 289, II. 205, 224, 

 237 ; a female viper, 290 ; experi- 

 ments on Arundo donax, 291 ; on 

 the ' murmur electricum,' 294, 307 ; 

 the rise of vapours, 295, 298 ; 

 letters to Thomas White, 297 et 

 seq.; on Mr. Holt's will, 301, 303, 

 308; Dr. Forster's 'Antarctic 

 Genera,' 307, 311 ; corrects proofs 

 of the 'British Zoology,' 309; 

 letters to Thomas Barker, 312 ei 

 seq.'y on the sexuality of mosses, 

 313 ; Berriman's bill, 315 ; at 

 Meonstoke, 325 ; the swiftness of 

 a daw, II. 2 ; price of his draw- 

 ings, 7; illness, 8, 233, 270; his 

 new parlour, 9, 11, 27 ; on the 

 preceptory of Sudington, 9 ; the 

 clergy act, 11 ; on Dr. Chandler's 

 opinion of the ' Fauna Calpensis,' 



16, 32 ; purchases John Wells' 

 farm, 20 ; visit to South Lambeth, 

 23 ; letters to his niece, Mary 

 White, 24 et seq.; his weeding 

 woman, 25 ; his brother John's 

 illness, 25 ; on the Notdbilis visi- 

 tatio of the priory, 29 ; declines 

 the living of Ufton Nervett, 37 ; 

 letters to the Rev. R. Churton, 

 38 et seq. ; his deafness, 39 ; death 

 of his aunt, Mrs. Snooke, 41 ; ' 

 brings away Timothy, 42, 48 ; 

 income from his property, 45 ; 

 amount of personal property, 46 ; 

 value of his Fellowship, 47 ; invi- 

 tations to Mr. Churton, 49, 59, 70, 

 249 ; experiments on Timothy, 50, 

 54 ; his " great parlour " finished, 

 50 ; cost, 51 ; on the way to 

 Selborne, 53 ; the Bostal, 55 ; on 

 the sleep of fishes, 57 ; account 

 of Collins, 62-65; death of his 

 brother John, 66 ; the proposed 

 canal, 69 ; frost on buried trees, 

 79 ; amount of rain at Plymouth, 

 86 ; effects of music, 89, 92 ; the 

 star-sluch, 90, 104 ; amount of 

 rain at Selborne in 1782, 91 ; in 

 1791, 238; in 1792, 254; his 

 verses on the crocus, 91 ; on the 

 rainbow, 94 ; advice to his nephew 

 on reading aloud, 98 ; Dorchester 

 Church, 100 ; the long-continued 

 haze, 104 ; a meteor, 106 ; verses 

 on wasps, 107 ; on the weather, 

 112 ; ' The Naturalist's Summer 

 Evening Walk,' 112 ; at the meet- 

 ings of the Royal and Antiquaries' 

 Societies, 114 ; his journey home 

 in snoAvy weather, 116 ; on the 

 death of Mr. Etty, 118 ; on nip- 

 ping hops, 133 ; a balloon journey, 

 134-6 ; interest in road-making, 

 139 ; on the death of Mr. Yalden, 

 142 ; the lottery ticket of Cron- 

 dall, 152; on Mr. Taylor's mar- 

 riage, 153 ; the climate of Zarizyn, 

 155, 159 ; number of nephews and 

 nieces, 156, 159, 180, 233 ; method 

 of brewing beer, 163 ; hop planting, 

 169 ; his book in the press, 171, 

 175 ; details respecting the jjarish, 

 174; errata, 177; proofs, 177, 181; 

 on the epitaphs of his ancestors, 

 181 ; views on the success of his 

 book, 184, 185 ; congratulations, 



191 ; death of his brother Henry, 



192 ; on the living of Fyfield, 193 ; 

 letters from Colonel G. Montagu, 

 198-200, 201-4 ; the oestrus bovis, 



