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Watson's direction that I might give them the meeting in 

 town. The next morning I spent a few hours with them, 

 and next day Sir William, with Lady Watson and Miss Jay, 

 called on me in Charles Street. Baron Best also called 

 and brought me the place of a comet from the " Hamburger 

 Zeitungen." 



May 18th. I went home and found a great deal of work 

 prepared for me. The evening was spent in sweeping for 

 the comet, but I could not find it, the weather was not 

 clear. 



June 14th. I returned to continue my works in the day- 

 time at my own rooms, and the fine evenings assisting my 

 brother when observing, but we were much interrupted by 

 Mrs. H. being seriously ill. She was confined to her room 

 and bed from the 25th of June till the 8th of August before 

 perfectly recovered. 



July 24^/i. Alexander arrived at Slough to spend the 

 summer and work with his brother. 



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Nor. 13th. I had a call from Miss Joanna Baillie. 



Nov. 29/i. Mr. Rehberg brought the first letter from our 

 brother Dietrich, dated November 10th, which, though still 

 written with great caution, gave us, after a lapse of sixteen 

 months, the assurance that he and his family were living. 



Dec. 4th. I met Madame D'Arblay and Mr. Rehberg, 

 &c., at the Castle. 



Jan. 1st. My nephew, John Herschel, brought me, for a 

 New Year's present, a new publication by him. 



Mem. The winter was uncommonly severe. My brother 

 suffering from indisposition, and I, for my part, felt I should 

 never be anything else but an invalid for life, but which I 



