112 Caroline Lucretia Herschel. 



July 24</i. D. left us. My eldest brother and Mrs. H. 

 accompanied him to London. 



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August 1st. I left Upton for Slough. My brother went 

 with Mrs. H. and Miss B. on an excursion. My nephew went 

 to spend the holidays at Newbury, at the Miss Whites. 

 One man and a woman were left with me to take care of the 

 house. I distracted my thoughts by undertaking an amaz- 

 ing deal of work ; among the rest, I made catalogues of all 

 books and MSS. my brother's library contained, and ar- 

 ranged them, to the best of my knowledge, according to 

 what the confined room would allow. 



September 8th. My brother and family returned, and I 

 went with my works to Upton. Dr. and Miss Wilson were 

 at Slough from September 22nd to September 30th. 



Mem. During September, and the early part of October, 

 many days were spent at Slough in assisting my brother 

 when the 40-foot mirror was re-polishing. 



December ZQth. I went to see Mrs. Bremeyer, but found 

 she had died ten hours before my arrival at the Castle. 



January 15th. My brother went to Bath to see his 

 brother and Sir Wm. Watson. 



January 24f/t, 5th, and 6th. I spent with my friends at 

 Windsor. My brother returned with a violent cough, added 

 to a nervous headache which it had been hoped would, by 

 change of air, have been removed. My brother brought the 

 place of a comet announced in the papers with him. I had 

 also heard of it at the Castle, and saw it on the 27th at 

 Upton. Next day I had my sweeper carried to Slough, but 

 the nights of the 28th, 29th, and 30th were not clear enough, 

 and I could not find it again till the 31st, when my brother 

 began his observations on it 



