| Description | She gives thanks for his letter. General Hamilton had told her that from the hill he watched the eclipse from, Dodabetta was wreathed with cloud. Mary's view was clear and she 'shall never forget the sight'. She gathers that John's question is answered, but fears that [Norman Robert] Pogson's party must have seen nothing as mist filled the plain. She offers congratulations and has made a copy of his notice for Willy [William James Herschel] and for Collingwood. |