Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John Augustus Lloyd, dated at Feldhausen Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Comments on the possible loss of some mail going to England, the longitude of Mauritius, and the tides at the Cape. Wonders if anyone was able to observe Halley's Comet during the recent solar eclipse. 5 December 1835