S Caroline Lucrctia Herschel. [i 755-1756. 



was a great admirer of astronomy, and had some knowledge 

 of that science ; for I remember his taking me, on a clear 

 frosty night, into the street, to make me acquainted with 

 several of the most beautiful constellations, after we had 

 been gazing at a comet which was then visible. And I 

 well remember with what delight he used to assist my 

 brother William in his various contrivances in the pursuit 

 of his philosophical studies, among which was a neatly 

 turned 4-inch globe, upon which the equator and ecliptic 

 were engraved by my brother." 



Towards the end of the year 1755 the regiment 

 was under orders for England, and the little house- 

 hold was at once broken up. A place in the court 

 orchestra had been promised to Jacob, but the va- 

 cancy did not, unfortunately, occur in time, and 

 he was obliged to smother his discontent, lower his 

 ambition, and accept a place in the band with his 

 younger brother. At length the sad hour of parting 

 arrived : 



" In our room all was mute but in hurried action ; my 

 dear father was thin and pale, and my brother William 

 almost equally so, for he was of a delicate constitution and 

 just then growing very fast. Of my brother Jacob I only 

 remember his starting difficulties at everything that was 

 done for him, as my father was busy to see that they were 

 equipped with the necessaries for a march. . . . The 

 whole town was in motion with drums beating to march : 

 the troops hallooed and roared hi the streets, the drums 

 beat louder, Griesbach came to join my father and brothers, 

 and in a moment they all were gone. My sister fled to 



