346 GILBERT WHITE'S ACCOUNT-BOOK. 



Li: s: d: 



1 7-54. Brought forward 160 17 2 



Dec 1 ' 16. Odd matters 00 02 8 



Piece of Brawn, & pot of Sausages from Oxon .... 00 17 IO5 



Gave Tom Ruffell, & M r Batten's man 00 03 00 



26. Entertaining the Gentry of Waltham exclusive of 



Port wine 00 13 3^ 



1755. Several odd matters 00 11 11 



Jan: 13. Keeping Horse to that time 02 01 



Barley-meal, & gave Ostler 00 03 10 



Altering necessary House, & throwing open the 



little Garden at Selborn 00 06 



Servants, & lost at Cards 00 03 9 



24. Set of Shoes, & remove 00 02 3 



Several odd matters 00 12 11 



4 planks for new frames, & car: 00 16 



Garden seeds 00 03 11 



Feb: 2. Gave D r Durnford's Servant at Harting 00 03 



Mending lights, & altering frames 00 05 1 



11. Making my new melon-frame 00 10 



10 Iron tenons for D° 00 01 8 



18. 23 feet & half of tiled Glass hot -house fashion for 



D° at 8 d p r foot 00 15 6 



21. 3 large mats for melon frames 00 03 



Lost at Cards 00 03 9 



March 1. Gave M 1 ' Missing's servants 00 12 



Odd matters 00 05 6 



5: 8: Expences with Edm: Yalden down to Dene in Wilts 00 11 1 



Shoing 2 s 6 d & washing 5 s 10 d 00 08 4 



9. P d Futcher for 25 Sunday's dinners 01 05 



11. Keeping Horse at Waltham 01 02 



Half year's board to Gibson 10 00 



P d him for serving my Church 01 07 9 



Wine of D° 01 02 3 



Joints of meat for Harry & Cane in Feb: 00 05 9 



Gave his Maid 00 10 6 



11. Boy & Horse at leaving Waltham 00 05 1 



Hire of screen 00 02 



Odd matters 00 07 3 



15. Two p r of Shoes of Tanner 11 s : & mending 00 12 2 



21. Shrubs from Waverley 00 11 11 



Odd matters 00 06 2 



22. 5 more Hot-bed-mats 00 05 



Total £195 17 4 



