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Rh does not begin till October, my brother had leisure to try my capacity for becoming a useful singer for his concerts and oratorios, and, being very well satisfied with my voice, I had two or three lessons every day, and the hours which were not spent at the harpsichord were employed in putting me in the way of managing the family. . . . On the second morning, on meeting my brother at breakfast, he began immediately to give me a lesson in English and arithmetic, and showed me the way of booking and keeping accounts of cash received and laid out. . ..

Of the progress of her musical education, we are told that she was much hindered by being continually called upon to assist in the manufacture of telescopes:

"But every leisure moment was eagerly snatched at for resuming some work