THE REV. JOHN WHITE. 55 



Hippobosca hirund. just at any one particular day or week ; 

 only wish to see it at your leisure. Mr. Grimm was with me 

 just twenty-eight days; twenty- four of which he worked very 

 hard and shewed good specimens of his genius, assiduity and 

 modest behaviour, much to my satisfaction. He finished for 

 me twelve views. He first of all sketches his scapes with a 

 lead pencil ; then he pens them all over, as he calls it, with 

 indian-ink, rubbing out the superfluous pencil strokes ; then 

 he gives a charming shading with a brush dipped in indian- 

 ink, and last he throws a light tinge of water colour over the 

 whole. The scapes, many of them at least, looked so lovely 

 in their indian-ink shading, that it was with difficulty the 

 artist could prevail on me to permit him to tinge them ; as 1 

 feared those colours might puzzle the engravers ; but he 

 assured me to the contrary. From me Mr. Grimm went to 

 Mr. Yalden to take a scape of his outlet from above the 

 chalkpit. On Tuesday I brought my artist (at the desire of a 

 gent, who was visiting there) to Lord Clanricarde's at 

 Warnford, that he might take a drawing of an old building 

 in his lordship's garden, now a barn : it is a curious piece of 

 antiquity little known, and will prove an agreeable surprise to 

 many as I am sure it was to me, who never heard the least of 

 the matter before. 



There is some reason to fear that Mr. Halliday's father may 

 be taken by the American privateers in his passage home from 

 Antigua. 



Mulso has just got a second living near Winton ; the name 

 of it is Easton, it is worth £250 per annum. Our St. foin 

 was finely made, then we had a dripping time that spoiled 

 much clover, and some meadow-hay; and for the last fort- 

 night in July we had glorious weather to finish off the 

 meadow: now harvest is beginning and the weather dripping. 

 Mr. and Mrs. Mulso join in respects, I saw one swift yester- 

 day. At present I cannot say when I shall be at liberty to 

 wait upon you and my sister ; but you may be assured that I 

 wish to have it in my power to see Blackburn. I conclude, 



Your affectionate brother, 



GIL. WHITE. 



