Gilbert White

“ He is also of opinion that if stationary men would pay some attention to the districts on which they reside, and would publish their thoughts respecting the objects that surround them, from such materials might be drawn the most complete county-histories, which are still wanting in several parts of this kingdom, and in particular in the county of Southampton. ”

“ And here he seizes the first opportunity, though a late one, of returning his most grateful acknowledgments to the reverend the President and the reverend and worthy the Fellows of Magdalen College in the university of Oxford, for their liberal behaviour in permitting their archives to be searched by a member of their own society, so far as the Page:White - The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne.djvu/14 Page:White - The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne.djvu/15
THE
NATURAL HISTORY
OF
SELBORNE.
where the Hermit hangs his straw-clad cell. ”