G4 Caroline Lncrctia Herschcl. 



*. I paid the smith. He received to-day the plates for 

 the forty-foot tube. Above half of them are bad, but he thinks 

 there will be as man}' good among them as will be wanted, 

 and I believe he intends to keep the rest till they return. 

 Paid the gardener for four days which he worked with the 

 smith. I registered sweeps to-day. By way of memoran- 

 dum I will set down in this book in what manner I proceed. 



I began some time ago with the last sweep which is 

 booked in the old register (Flamsteed's time and P. D.), 

 viz., 571, and at different times I booked 570, 569, 568, 567, 

 566, 565. To-day I booked 564 ; 563 is marked not to be 

 registered ; 560 and 561 I was obliged to pass over on 

 account of some difficulty. The rest of the day I wrote in 

 Flamsteed's Catalogue. The storm continued all the day, 

 but now, 8 o'clock, it turns to a gentle rain. 



3Qth. I wound up the sidereal timepiece, Field's and 

 Alexander's clocks, and made covers for the new and old 

 registers. 



Slst. I booked 558, 557, and 554; 556, 555, I was 

 obliged to leave out on account of some difficulty. 



Mem. I find I cannot go on fast enough with the 

 registering of sweeps to be serviceable to the Catalogue of 

 Nebulae. Therefore I will begin immediately to recalculate 

 them, and hope to finish them before they return. Besides, 

 I think the consequences of registering the sweeps back- 

 wards will be bad. 



Aur/ust 1. I have counted one hundred nebula to-day, 

 and this evening I saw an object which I believe will prove 

 to-morrow night to be a comet. 



2nd. To-day I calculated 150 nebulae. I fear it will not 

 be clear to-night. It has been raining throughout the whole 

 da) r , but seems now to clear up a little. 



1 o'clock. The object of last night is a comet. 



4 J did not go to rest till I had wrote to Dr. Blagden 



