128 Caroline Lucretia Herschel. 



Aug. 8th. I spent the afternoon with my brother, who- 

 found himself very unwell, but with the assistance of my 

 nephew, he had the pleasure of showing the Princess Sophia 

 of Gloucester (who came in the evening accompanied by 

 the Archbishop of Canterbmy and several lords and ladies) 

 many objects in the ten-foot telescope. 



Aug. 18th. I went to my brother's, his family left 

 home for Brighton, where he intended to follow as soon as 

 the repairs of the forty-foot should be finished ; but he was 

 all the time too ill for being anywhere but at home. The 

 first evening we were alone, the Princess Sophia came to see 

 the moon. She was accompanied by Lady Mary Paulet, 

 another ladj*, and some gentlemen. After their departure, 

 my brother seemed much pleased with the intelligent en- 

 quiries made by the Princess ; but with much concern I saw 

 that he had exerted himself too much above'his strength. 



Aug. 25f/j. I was obliged to leave my brother for a few 

 hours to call on the Princess Sophia Matilda, who desired 

 to see me. 



Sept. 8th. I spent some hours with the Princess at 

 the Castle. 



Oct. 14:th. The Ertz Herzog Maximilian of Austria 

 came to see my brother, charged with messages from his 

 mother to both my brother and myself, we having had the 

 honour of seeing her Imperial Highness at Slough, in 1786, 

 when on a visit to the King, with her husband the Arch- 

 duke of Milan. 



'Nov. 12th. I spent some hours in the forenoon with 

 the Princess at the Castle. I left her with a promise of 

 coming soon again, but it was to be my last visit for a long 

 time to come, for .... 



Nov. 17th. The Queen died. The 3rd of December 



