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Tomb of Rumford at Auteuil. 



him by Madame Helvetius while a visitor at this house. " Ah, Gen- 

 eral, if you only knew how to be happy within the bounds of two 

 acres of earth ! " 



Eumford was delighted with his home at Auteuil. His daughter 

 returned to him from America. He was occupied with scientific and 

 literary pursuits, often reading papers at the Academy of France and 

 occasionally making trips to Munich, in the service of Maximilian who 

 had now been crowned King of Bavaria. Here he continued to live 



