Such a person was
also necessary for showing the telescopes to the curious
strangers, as by their numerous visits my brother and myself
had for some time past been much incommoded. In consequence of
an application made through Sir J. Banks to the king, my
brother had in August a second sum of L2000 granted for
completing the forty-foot, and L200 yearly for the expense of
repairs; such as ropes, painting, &c., and the keep and
clothing of the men who attended at night. A salary of L50 a
year was also settled on me, as an assistant to my brother. A
great uneasiness was by this means removed from my mind; for
though I had generally (and especially during the last busy six
years) been almost the keeper of my brother's purse, with a
charge to provide for my personal wants, only annexing in my
accounts the memorandum '_For Car_.' to the sums so laid out.
When cast up, they hardly amounted to seven or eight pounds per
year since the time we had left Bath.
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