178 CORRESPONDENCE WITH HIS FAMILY. 



Feb. 18, 1792. We have enjoyed lately sweet summer wea- 

 ther ; but last night a most severe frost came on, with snow, 

 and therm 1 " at 21 ! Newton friends lay here last night. 



Marelands house and farm belong to Lord Stawell. 



LETTER LII. 



TO MRS. BARKER. 



Selborne, Jan. 2, 1793. 

 Dear Sister, 

 While Mrs. J. White is employed in knitting, and Mr. Chur- 

 ton in reading and writing, I sit down, as I have usually done 

 at this season of y e year, to send Mr. Barker the quantity of 

 rain, and you some account of our welfare. 



Ned White, you may have heard, is settled with a Banker 

 in London, where he gives satisfaction, and is allowed £50 

 p r annum. Gil. White has been so unfortunate as to lose his 

 master, an attorney at Bath, by death, after he had served 

 three years ; and what was worse, the man dyed insolvent. By 

 this untoward accident, the poor young man has been thrown 

 out of employ for three or four months, but, by the interest 

 of friends, was reinstated in business yesterday with a gent, 

 at Petersfield, where he is to stay three years more without a 

 premium, but must pay for his board. The first premium, 

 £200, is all lost! Mr. and Mrs. B. White have lately been 



