CHAP, in.] Extracts from Diary. 



ously ill. Going daily for some hours to work at the 

 Observatory, and to receive visitors and letters, had not 

 hastened my recovery, for it required no less than seven 

 months before I could be without the attendance of Dr. Pope. 



March 25/i. I moved from Chalvy to Upton. 



April 3rd. Spent the day at Slough. Dr. and Miss 

 Wilson, Miss Whites, and Professor Johnes, from Cam- 

 bridge, were there. 



April 12</i. Had an account of my sister Griesbach's 

 death. She died March 30th. 



May 1st. From the 1st till the 18th I" worked with my 

 brother at Slough, when he went to town, and I returned to 

 Upton ; but went daily to the library to work till the 26th, 

 when my brother, with his family, came home from town. 



June 18th. Alexander arrived from Bath. 



June 25/i. Spent a melancholy day at the Queen's 

 Lodge on account of the French having taken Hanover. 



September ISth. My brother Alex, returned to Bath. 



October 18th. I changed my rooms for the accommoda- 

 tion of Mr. and Mrs. Slaughter, who had taken the house 

 and gardens at Upton, excepting two rooms for my habitation. 



November 6th. I spent the day at Slough. Professor 

 Valis,* with his lady, from Marlow, was there. 



November 19th. I dined at Slough to meet Dr., Mrs., 

 and Miss Maskelyne. 



December. Almost throughout the whole month I worked 

 at Slough from breakfast till nine in the evening. 



March 16th. Finished re-calculating sweeps. 



Mem. Above 8,760 observations have been brought to 

 [the year] 1800. 



April 4th. Dined at Slough to meet Mrs. Bates and a 

 large party. In the evening we heard Mrs. B. sing Mad 

 Bess, &c., &c. 



* Probably Professor "Wales, mathematical master at Christ's Hospital, 

 author of a mathematical paper published iu the " Phil. Trans.," 1781. 



