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exertion ; and that a farther attempt at leaving the work 

 complete became impossible. 



But, by the description of the forty-foot telescope given in 

 the Philosophical Transactions, May 18, 1795, it may be 

 seen what a noble instrument had been obtained by all the 

 exertions desciibed in my narrative ; but from that description 

 so briefly given there, no idea can be formed with what ac- 

 curacy and nicety each part of the whole had been executed 

 to make it an instrument fit for the most delicate obser- 

 vations. 



P.S. I must say a few words of apology for the good 

 King, and ascribe the close bargains which were made 

 between him and my brother to the shabby, mean-spirited 

 advisers who were undoubtedly consulted on such occasions ; 

 but they are dead and gone, and no more of them ! Sir J. 

 Banks remained a sincere well-meaning friend to the last. 



Farewell, my best Nephew ! 



MISS HERSCHEL TO J. F. W. HERSCHEL. 



May 8, 1827. 



DEAREST NEPHEW, 



Through the friendly care of Mr. D I am 



enabled to send you the first and second volumes of Locke, 

 the third volume, I hope, will yet be found, and I shall send 

 it by another opportunity. I know you will prize the book 

 when you know that it was one of your father's earliest 

 treasures, purchased out of his own little savings, at the age 

 of 18 years* when, along with his father and eldest brother, 

 he was in England with the Hanoverian Guard, which you 

 will see by the date and name, written in his own beautiful 

 handwriting. When in 1758 he again went to England, it 

 was under such unpleasant circumstances that he was 

 obliged to leave it to his mother to send his trunk after him 



* See p. 10. 



p 2 



