•:•:•. GILBERT WHITES ACCOUNT-BOOK. 



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1 753. Brought forward 06 04 04i 



May 27. Cut-grizzle- wig in London 02 00 00 



Offices of Burial &c: .. 00 01 00 



June 29. Gave Will: Kelsey for coming up to carry down my 



Dogs 00 14 00 



Allowed to feed the Dogs 00 00 06 



100 of Broccoli plants to send into y e country .... 00 01 00 



P r of dog-couples 00 01 00 



29. Gave Mason for walking in his Garden this spring, 



& last 00 05 00 



Coffee-House, & tart &c 00 01 07 



July 2. Concert, Choral night 00 01 00 



Coffee-house 00 00 09 



Bet Bull for Cream &c: 00 04 03 



D° Quarter's Bed-making to Midsum 1 1753 00 05 00 



Gave D° 00 02 06 



Coffee-House 00 00 08 



Gave Knight the Shoemaker for describing Mr. 



Holt's arms 00 01 00 



Odd matters laid out by Joe 00 03 00± 



6 weeks waiting by D° 00 06 00 



5. Xtian Motley 1 quart rs washing in full to Midsum 1 



1753 01 01 00 



Taylor's Bill till D° 00 08 03 



7. Going to Wallingford to see M™ Gifford 00 01 11 



Coffee-house 00 00 10 



Keeping Horse at Barrets to Midsum 1 ' 01 18 00 



Coffee House 00 00 04 



9. Odd matters bought by Joe 00 01 00 



Barret's man 00 01 00 



Seeing D r Bacon's Gardens 00 01 00 



Carr: of a trunk to Winton 00 02 06 



9. Castle's portmanteau — Horse to Malford 00 14 00 



Car: of Box from Winton 00 01 00 



Expences in Journey to Malford; & a 5 weeks 

 season at the Hot well at Bristol from July 9: to 



Aug: 30 th * 16 12 00 



Aug: 31. Powder-horn spring 00 01 00 



Cleaning Gun 00 00 06 



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Carried forward 31 17 01 



[I find no intimation of any attack of illness which could have 

 necessitated this visit to these once celebrated waters. It is, however, 

 nut improbable that his health might have been injured by the attack of 

 -mall-pox in 1747. — T. B.] 



