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turf. As he passed us, he often gave a short squeak, or 

 rather whistle. We were near his nest. These, like other 

 birds of passage, frequent the same spots. There are always 

 three pairs on our hill every year. Did you know S r John 

 Cullum* of your part of the world? He was an agreeable, 

 worthy man, & a good antiquary. I was also well acquainted 

 with your late good Bishop Hornef: he has often been at my 

 house. I concur with you most heartily in y r admiration of 

 the harmony and beauty of the works of the creation ! 

 Physico-theology is a noble study, worthy the attention of 

 the wisest man! Pray write. Our swifts have behaved 

 strangely this summer: for the most part there were but 

 three round the church, except now and then of a fine 

 evening, when there were 13. They seem to be all gone. 

 House-martins leave Gibraltar by the end of July ! I con- 

 clude with all due regard. 



Y r Humble S. 



GIL. WHITE. 



* [Sir John Cullum, born 1733, Fellow of St. Catharine's Hall, Cam- 

 bridge ; Rector of Hawstead (1762) and Vicar of Great Thurlow (1774), 

 both in Suffolk. His History of the former parish and of Hard wick Hall 

 forms No. xxiii. of the ' Bibliographia Topographica Britannica,' and was 

 republished in 1813. He wrote also ' Observations on Cedars ' and on 

 Yew-trees in churchyards. Died 1785. (Rose, ' Biographical Dictionary,' 

 vi. pp. 507, 508.)— A. N.] 



t [George Home, born 1730, at Otham, near Maidstone, scholar of 

 University, Fellow and afterwards (1768) President of Magdalen College, 

 Oxford; Dean of Canterbury, 1781 ; Bishop of Norwich, 1790 (Le Neve, 

 Fasti Eccles. Angl. Ed. Hardy, ii. p. 474) ; died 17th Jan. 1792. A 

 distinguished Hebraist, author of many critical and controversial works, 

 but chiefly known for his ' Commentary on the Book of Psalms.' His 

 life was written by his friend Jones of Nayland. (Rose, ut supra, viii. 

 p. 372.)— A. N.] 



