CORRESPONDENCE WITH HIS FAMILY. 171 



together, I have numbered them, and put them in a proper 

 bag. 



As fast as I receive my proofs, I continue to enlarge my 

 Index. The title-page to the ' Nat. Hist.' is furnished with apt 

 mottos. My thanks are due for all your good offices, & 

 for your late trouble in purchasing me £200 stock. 



Your loving uncle, 



GIL. WHITE. 



P.S. I take the liberty to return the book of Royal Forests, 

 &c, from which I have extracted some information. You will 

 also receive my Preface or Advertisement. Concerning the 

 disposition of the Hermitage print please to consult y r father 

 and father-in-law. 



Might not the Hermitage print come in well at the back of 

 the first title-page, or as a tail-piece to the ' Natural History '* ? 



Please to observe that all ce diphthongs, as musce, phalcence, 

 &c. are always written muse, phalene, &c. in old records. When 

 there is any very bad Latin in the evidences, please to put in 

 the margin, "sic" 



LETTER XLIX. 



i 



TO THOMAS BARKEK, ESQ. 



Jan. 8, 1789. 



Dear Sir, 

 You must have heard no doubt before now, of the sad 

 and afflicting news from Fyfield, of the sudden and unex- 

 pected event that has plunged a numerous family in the 

 deepest sorrow and trouble. How the poor man has left his 

 concerns, and how the widow and children are to proceed, I 

 have not yet heard ; however, as money will probably be 

 wanted, my two brothers and nephew Ben and self have each 

 began with a present. When the news arrived here I wrote 

 away immediately to Lady Young, entreating her to apply to 



See note at p. 128.] 



