Letter from John Herschel, Dotra Village, to [Mary Cornwallis Herschel] The thermometer is now low and he describes two or three days of unsettled weather, including high wind. His tent stood up to it, as it was in a mango grove. The observatory was up and exposed, but empty; it was therefore tested without anxiety. Some carelessness of fastenings was exposed. The bricks provided were rotten, but Herschel has found an old brick-lined well which can be used instead of the pillar. He has shot at a great many antelope, but missed. He has Mary's letter of 31st March and thinks she did not write the next day as she had a cold. Trotter's enclosure is interesting, but Herschel has forgotten about the feat alluded to, and he attempts to recall its circumstances in 1865. Mary should do as she likes about the wine. 7 April 1872