effusion, he finished with the Old Hundredth psalm-tune, which he
played better than his opponent.

"'_Ay, ay_,' cried old SNETZLER, '_tish is very goot, very goot
indeet; I vil luf tish man, for he gives my piphes room for to
shpeak._' Having afterwards asked Mr. HERSCHEL by what means, in the
beginning of his performance, he produced so uncommon an effect, he
replied, 'I told you fingers would not do!' and producing two pieces
of lead from his waistcoat pocket, 'one of these,' said he,
'I placed on the lowest key of the organ, and the other upon the
octave above; thus by accommodating the harmony, I produced the
effect of four hands, instead of two.'"[6]

The dates in this extract are not so well defined as might be wished.
HERSCHEL had certainly been more than a few months in England at the
time of his meeting with Dr. MILLER, which was probably about 1760. The
appointment as organist at Halifax was in 1765, and the pupils and
public concerts must have filled up the intervening five years. During a
part of this time he lived in Leeds, with the family of Mr. BULMAN, whom
he afterwards provided with a place as clerk to the Octagon Chapel, in
his usual generous manner.

All during his life he was placing some of the less fortunate and
energetic members of his family.

We cannot be too grateful to Dr. MILLER, who, seeing his opportunity,
used it. Their frank friendship does honor to both. HERSCHEL'S
organ-playing, which no doubt had been begun when his brother was the
organist of the garrison chapel at Hanover, must have been perfected at
this time, and it was through his organ-playing that he was able to
leave the needy life in Yorkshire.

He was sure to have emerged sooner or later, but every year spared to
him as a struggling musician was a year saved to Astronomy.

During all this period, a constant correspondence was maintained
between the family at Hanover and the absent son.

Many of WILLIAM'S letters were written in English, and addressed to his
brother JACOB, and treated of such subjects as the Theory of Music, in
which he was already far advanced.

His little sister was still faithful to the memory of her _dearest_
brother, and his father, whose health was steadily declining, became
painfully eager for his return. In 1764 (April 2), he returned to
Hanover on a very brief visit. He was attached to England, he was
prospering there, and he had no inclination towar