116 Caroline Lucretia Hcrschcl. [1309. 



Oct. 4th. I went to Slough ; my brother, Mrs. H., my 

 nephew, and his cousin, went to Brighton. My brother 

 was absent about a week, during which time I worked as 

 long as I could see in the library, and spent the evenings in 

 booking observations, &c., and such works as could be done 

 within doors. 



Nov. 2nd. My brother went to town, endeavouring to 

 gain some information about my brother Dietrich, who, ac- 

 cording to a message from a merchant in town, ought to 

 have by this time been in England. 



Nov. 6th. A letter from Harwich arrived informing us 

 that D. was waiting there for a passport. 



Nov. 7th. D. arrived at Slough, but was, obliged to 

 return for his trunk and to show himself at the alien office, 

 and I did not see him till the evening of the 9th. 



Dec. IQtJt. Dietrich left Slough for lodgings in Pimlico, 

 London. Came with Fr. Griesbach the day before Christ- 

 mas Day, and returned to town the 26th. 



Mem. From the hour of Dietrich's arrival in England 

 till that of his departure, which was not till nearly four 

 years after, I had not a day's respite from accumulated 

 trouble and anxiety, for he came ruined in health, spirit, 

 and fortune, and, according to the old Hanoverian custom, 

 I was the only one from whom all domestic comforts were 

 expected. I hope I have acquitted myself to everybody's 

 satisfaction, for I never neglected my eldest brother's busi- 

 ness, and the time I bestowed on Dietrich was taken en- 

 tirely from my sleep or from what is generally allowed for 

 meals, which were mostly taken running, or sometimes for- 

 gotten entirely. But why think of it now ! 



Jan. Throughout the whole month I had a cough, my 

 nephew a sore throat and fever. Great flood and stormy 

 weather. The communication between Slough and Upton 

 was very troublesome to me. 



