May 14th.—Was interrupted in works on account of the Montem.
[Montem].—Was visited by Mrs. Owen, the Elds, Linds,[1] &c., at my lodgings, or wherever they could find me.
June.—Began re-calculating all the sweeps as a constant work for leisure time. *****
June 8th.—My brother returned. I drank tea with him and Mrs. H., and at seven went home to my lodgings. *****
July 15th.—Agreed for apartments at Newby's, the tailor, in Slough (Mr. S. and Mrs. B. speaking well of them as sober, industrious people), I am to enter at Michaelmas. *****
August 19th.—I went to Greenwich to meet some company at Dr. Maskelyne's, and after having spent a week at the R. Observatory, I went with Dr., Mrs., and Miss M. to pay a visit to Sir George Schuckburgh, at Buxted Place, where I left the MS. on the 30th, and arrived at Slough the 31st.It was so very rarely that Miss Herschel ever slept from home, that this visit was a memorable event in her experience. A small sheet, written by Miss Maskelyne, headed "Journal from the 19th to the 30th of August, 1799," is preserved, with the superscription: "By Miss Maskelyne's memorandum only I found it possible to have any recollection of the occurrences during the eleven days I had intended to spend at Greenwich for the purpose of copying the memoran-
- ↑ James Lind, M.D., was a Scotchman, who devoted a considerable amount of his time to astronomical observations.
