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34 be no doubt either that the marriage was a very happy one, and that the relations between his wife and his sister were all that could be desired. From this time onwards, however, Caroline Herschel resided in lodgings in the village of Slough.

In the earlier part of his career, Herschel rarely went from home except on business. On 3rd July, 1786, accompanied by his brother Alexander, he started for Göttingen, in order to convey to the University one of his 10-foot reflectors as a gift from George III. This was his last visit to his native country. In 1792, he made an extensive tour in England and Scotland, in the company of a Polish friend, General Komarzewski. Visits were paid to the principal factories in the middle and north of England, and Herschel seems to have taken a 7-foot telescope with him in order to treat his hosts to views of the heavens. The tour embraced Coventry, Birmingham—where he dined with James Watt—Bangor, Carnarvon, and Manchester, then via Liverpool, Preston and Carlisle to Glasgow. Here he received the freedom of the city and the degree of LL.D. from the University. From Glasgow the friends proceeded to Edinburgh, from whose University Herschel had received the same degree six years earlier. In Edinburgh he met numerous literary and scientific men, including Principal Robertson and Dr. Hutton, and, in addition, inspected the Observatory. The return journey was made by Sunderland, Durham and Richmond in Yorkshire.

At the close of the eighteenth century, Herschel was at the zenith of his powers and at the height of his prosperity. Honorary degrees were conferred upon him and learned societies enrolled his name among their members. He accepted these recognitions of his genius, but put little stress upon them. Miss Burney, who along with her father visited him on numerous occasions, described Herschel as "perfectly unassuming, yet openly