100 Caroline Lucretia Herschcl. [1799. 



May 14th. Was interrupted in works on account of the 

 Montem. 



[Montem]. Was visited by Mrs. Owen, the Elds, Linds,* 

 &c., at my lodgings, or wherever they could find me. 



June. Began re-calculating all the sweeps as a constant 



work for leisure time. 



***** 



June 8th. My brother returned. I dyank tea with him 



and Mrs. H., and at seven went home to my lodgings. 



***** 



July 15th. Agreed for apartments at Newby's, the tailor, 

 in Slough (Mr. S. and Mrs. B. speaking well of them as 



sober, industrious people), I am to enter at Michaelmas. 



***** 



August IQth. I went to Greenwich to meet some com- 

 pany at Dr. Maskelyne's, and after having spent a week at 

 the K. Observatory, I went with Dr., Mrs., and Miss M. to 

 pay a visit to Sir George Schuckburgh, at Buxted Place, 

 where I left the Ms. on the 30th, and arrived at Slough 

 the 31st. 



It was so very rarely that Miss Herschel ever slept 

 from home, that this visit was a memorable event in 

 her experience. A small sheet, written by Miss Mas- 

 kclyne, headed "Journal from the 19th to the 30th 

 of August, 1 799," is preserved, with the superscription : 

 " By Miss Maskelyne's memorandum only I found it 

 possible to have any recollection of the occurrences 

 during the eleven days I had intended to spend at 

 Greenwich for the purpose of copying the memoran- 



* James Lind, M.D., was a Scotchman, who devoted a considerable amount 

 of his time to astronomical observations. 



