64 LETTERS TO HIS BROTHER 



honor of your work, I cannot admit of these inaccuracies, and 

 have therefore presumed to amend some of them, hut with 

 what success I must leave you to judge; I must therefore de- 

 sire you, who are so perfectly capable, to bestow a fresh and 

 severe inspection on the language. 



Brother Thomas is now in town ; and I wish you would 

 desire him to send me down your ' Entomology,' which I long 

 to see. No wonder that you did not much relish Dr. Chand- 

 ler's proposal of rejecting all system: the reason of sending 

 you that advice was that I thought then that system was the 

 stumbling-block between you and your chapman ; but note I 

 plainly perceive that warm words and some heats have arisen 

 between you, which I hope will all soon be forgotten. Indeed 

 I wonder that in these days any work should stick on hand of 

 your sort, as I cannot but think that it might sell. Would 

 it not therefore be best to make fresh advances in Fleet 

 Street, and so set your work a-going in some way. 



When you print, pray correct the press yourself; pray, 

 before every class give an explanation of terms : Linnaeus does 

 so ; and I think by this means the town might be led on gently 

 to relish Linn, terms. But without a glossary how should 

 men know what the lorum of a bird is ! No wonder Linnaeus 

 does not answer your letters : poor man, he has grown child- 

 ish*! Poor Nanny White was buried last Monday night in 

 this churchyard ; she dyed at S. Lambeth f. If you lend money 

 on private security, pray be careful. Jack I hope will write 

 to me about the earthtmake. Brother Thomas has the best 

 interest with Mr. Lort ; I have none. Next week I put in 

 my sashes, and proceed to ceiling and plastering my great 

 parlor. Our weather is very tempestuous. The glass yester- 

 day at 28*375. My best respects to my sister. 



Your affect. 



GIL. WHITE. 



* [This was after his second attack of apoplexy. — T. B.] 

 t [She was the daughter of Benjamin White and was twenty-one 

 years of age when she died. — T. B.] 



