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Rh G. W.

26 June,

1793

On a tablet, formerly on the outside of the wall, but now in the chancel, is the following inscription:—

The irregular, old-fashioned, and charming house in which White lived, is now the property of an eminent naturalist, Professor Thomas Bell. This gentleman, in the year 1877, published a very complete edition of the book, but an expensive one. In a second volume, Mr. Bell gives a great number of letters written by White to his relatives and friends, a sermon of his, and an account book in which are entered in his neat and plain handwriting all his petty expenses. The facsimile of his handwriting there given shows that he was not accustomed to hurry himself.