HAP. iv.] Extracts from Diary. 127 



Princess Charlotte. Mrs. De Luc died a few days after or 

 before the Princess. 



Feb. llth. I went to iny brother, and remained with 

 him till the 23rd. We spent our time, though not in 

 idleness, in sorrow and sadness. He is not only unwell but 

 low in spirits. 



April 12th. Princess Elizabeth of Hesse Homburg and 

 the Prince of Hesse Homburg came to see my brother and 



his instruments. They were attended by Count O , 



Baron K , and Baron G . The latter being 



well informed in the science of astronomy. 



Mem. I lost my attendants, the C.'s, at the latter end of- 

 April, and a waste of my time was the consequence, for I 

 never after met with anyone who was deserving of my 

 trust. 



June 8th. The Prince and Princess Schaumburg von der 

 Lippe, attended by Fraulein U., came to see my brother. 

 Their behaviour to him was truly kind and affectionate on 

 leaving him, Avith a hope to see him in the same place in 

 the garden at the foot of the forty-foot telescope five or six 



years hence, when they should come to England again. 



***** 



June 25i/i. From this day to July 8th I was with my 

 brother. The family at Newbury ; he being so far well 

 that without interruption, I was supplied with copying as he 

 wrote. 



July 16th. I went to my brother's, to be present in the 

 evening when the Archduke Michael of Russia, with a 

 numerous attendance, came to see Jupiter, &c. 



July 21s. 



Mem. Began to copy the numbering of stars from my 

 brother's 2nd volume of Flamsteed's Observations into one of 

 my own, having succeeded to procure all the three volumes 

 complete at the price of four guineas. 



