Letter, from Thomas I. M. Forster to Sir John Herschel, dated at Bruges Autograph letter signed by sender. Has taken a house in Bruges. Comments on some of his own recent work on stars. Strange reports in French newspapers of James South and his instruments. Does he know a cure for double vision? Sends drawing of a colored meteor. Has another paper by L. A. J. Quetelet on falling stars with which he disagrees. 4 January 1843