204 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



He found sufficient occupation in the discharge of his clerical 

 duties, in the study of local natural history and antiquities, and 

 in correspondence with those of kindred tastes, amongst whom 

 may be mentioned not only Pennant and Daines Barrington, 

 to whom his letters about Selborne were addressed, but also 

 Sir Joseph Banks ; William Markwick, of Catsfield, near Battle, 

 author of a ' Catalogue of the Birds of Sussex'; Robert Marsham, 

 of Stratton Strawless, Norfolk, an authority on trees ; Dr. 

 Chandler, the Oxford antiquary, who helped him in his researches 

 on the antiquities of Selborne ; Dr. Nash, the historian of Wor- 

 cestershire ; the Rev. John Lightfoot, author of ' Flora Scotica'; 

 Col. Montagu, author of the 'Ornithological Dictionary'; and 

 (not to mention others) his brother, John White, who was Vicar 

 of Blackburn, Lancashire, and who with the tastes of a naturalist 

 had travelled in Spain, while Chaplain at Gibraltar, and had 

 furnished him with some account of the birds of that country. 



We are indebted to Mr. R. J. Howard, of Blackburn, for a 

 photograph of the mural tablet which is erected to the memory 

 of John White in the parish church at Blackburn, on which is 

 the following inscription : — 



Under the Communion Table is interred 

 The Kev»- JOHN WHITE, B.A. 



WHO DEPARTED THIS LlFE NOV* 21ST 1780 



Aged 53 years 



He was a sincere Christian & conscientious Pastor, 



An affectionate Husband & good Parent; 



a kind & faithful friend, 



An ingenious & accurate Naturalist. 



It is to be regretted that John White's journal of his travels 

 in Spain was never printed, alhough he was frequently urged by 

 the historian of Selborne to revise it with a view to publication. 



Gilbert White did not long survive the appearance of his own 

 work; it was published in 1789 ; he died in 1793. He was never 

 married, though at one time it was supposed he would have 

 found an excellent wife in Miss Hester Mulso, for whom he had 

 an early regard, but who, in 1760, became Mrs. Chapone. 



Of his personal appearance a slight notion may be formed 

 from the brief description given by his nephew, the Rev. Francis 



