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How happy should I esteem myself if there were any 

 service I could render you here, most admirable lady astro- 

 nomer, that I might be permitted to prove how entirely my 



heart is devoted to you. 



PROF. SEYFFEE. 



The fifth comet was discovered December 15th, 

 1791, and a simple record of the fact is all that the 

 packet devoted to it contains, with the information, 

 " My brother wrote an account of it to Sir J. Banks, 

 Dr. Maskelyne, and to several astronomical corre- 

 spondents/' The discovery of the sixth is treated 

 with equal brevity. " Oct. 7, at 8h. mean time. I 

 discovered a comet, my brother settled its place on 

 the 8th, and I wrote to Sir J. Banks, Dr. Maskelyne, 

 and to Mr. Planta. The letter to Mr. Planta is printed 

 in the Philosophical Transactions." 



None of the correspondence in connection with the 

 seventh has been preserved, excepting her own letter 

 announcing its discovery to Sir J. Banks. 



MISS HERSCHEL TO SIR JOSEPH BANKS. 



SLOVGH, Nov. 8, 1795. 

 SIR, 



Last night, in sweeping over a part of the heavens 

 with my five-foot reflector, I met with a telescopic comet. 

 To point out its situation I transcribe my brother's observa- 

 tions of it from his journal. 



It will probably pass between the head of the Swan and 



