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POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY 



Portrait at Forty-five Years of Age. 



One of the beneficent acts of Count Kumford was that of establish- 

 ing a public park, called the English Garden. A neglected tract of 

 forest in the environs of Munich that had been a part of the hunting 

 grounds of the elector was by him converted into a beautiful park sur- 

 rounded by a drive six miles in circuit. Its lovely lakes, walks, grottos, 

 waterfalls and other charming features, are still alluring to a popula- 

 tion fond of living in the open air. Within the park is a monument to 

 the memory of its founder, a massive quadrangular structure of free- 

 stone. On one side is a bas-relief of Count Kumford in alabaster, 

 below this is the inscription: 



To him who rooted out the greatest of public evils, 



Idleness and Mendicity, relieved and instructed 



the poor, and founded many institutions for 



the education of youth. 



— Go, Wanderer, and strive to equal him in genius 



and activity, and us in gratitude. 



