THE UET. GILBEET WHITE. XXI 



IN THE FIFTH GRAVE FROM THIS WALL ARE BURIED THE REMAINS OP 



The Eev. GILBERT WHITE, m.a., 



FIFTY YEARS FELLOW OF ORIEL COLLEGE, IN OXFORD, 



AND HISTORIAN OF THIS HIS NATIVE PARISH. 



HE WAS ELDEST SON OF JOHN WHITE, ESQUIRE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW, 



AND ANNE, HIS WIFE, ONLY CHILD OP 



THOMAS HOLT, RECTOR OF SIREATHAM, IN SURREY, 



WHICH SAID JOHN WHITE WAS TflE ONLY SON OF GILBERT WHITE, 



FORMERLY VICAR OP THIS PARISH. 



HE WAS KIND AND BENEFICENT TO HIS RELATIONS, 



BENEVOLENT TO THE POOR, 



AND DESERVEDLY RESPECTED BY ALL HIS FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS. 



HE WAS BORN JULY I81H, 1720, 0. S., 



AND DIED JUNE 26tH, 1793. 



NEC BONO QUICQUAM MALI EVENIRE POTEST, 



NEC VIVO, NEC MORTUO- 



Pew personal reminiscences of Gilbert "White are now to 

 be collected at Selbome. The writer we have quoted states, 

 that " aU an old dame, who had nursed several of the family, 

 could tell him of a philosophical old bachelor, was that he 

 was a stiU, quiet body,' ' and that " there wasn't a bit of harm 

 in him, I 'U assure you, sir, — there wasn't, indeed." Alas! for 

 aU the dignity of science, and all the honour that befalleth 

 " a prophet in his own country.''' 



Mr. White died, as we have already said, at the advanced 

 age of seventy-three, having passed his life with scarcely 

 any other vicissitudes than those of the seasons. The fol- 

 lowing letter, with which the editor has been favoured by one 

 of Mr. White's family, will show his style of correspond- 

 ence, — it was addressed to his brother Thomas. 



