INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS. 



the habitation which no pilgrim to this favourite locality will 

 contemplate without extreme interest. It is the residence of 

 the naturalist himself, remaining almost in the same condition 

 externally as when tenanted by him. One wing has been added 

 since his death, and this has been built in exact keeping with 

 the other portions, and the present distinguished occupier has 

 admirably improved the grounds and park behind the house 

 without diminishing the interest attached to the locality by 



WHITE S ,-UNDIAL. 



altering its leading features. The house as seen from behind 

 presents the appearance of a manorial residence, and with 

 its walls covered with ivy and creeping-plants, and its many 

 roofs discoloured by the lapse of time, gives just that im- 

 pression which one would wish to receive of the residence of 

 our author. At the end of the lawn, opposite the house, 

 stands White's sundial, set up and used by himself; and here 

 also are pointed out the great oak-tree and juniper-tree referred 



