538 Life of Count Rumford. 



The letter continues in a cheerful strain, as if the 

 Count felt very happy, and found himself at home 

 again. He speaks of numbers of his acquaintance 

 of the highest class, all of whom received him kindly, 

 as if they were as glad to see him as he was to find him- 

 self once more surrounded by the friends he loved and 

 respected, amid scenes where he had enjoyed great 

 privileges in the vigor of his life for so many years. 

 Again he writes : " I leave Munich to-morrow, ijth 

 October, 1801. I have the honor to accompany Prince 

 George of Mecklenburg Strelitz, brother to the Queen 

 of Prussia, as likewise the Princess of Taxis, a friend 

 of mine, who lives at Dillingen, where we go first, 

 spending two or three days, then to Mannheim, on a 

 visit of two or three days there." 



At Mannheim resided the Baroness de Kalbe, a very 

 particular friend of the Count, and of whom a fine por- 

 trait was left among the effects of the Countess. 



There was a great fete made for the party at Dillin- 

 gen. Five princes and six princesses sat down to the 

 banquet, and there was a masked ball in the evening. 

 The Count writes : <c I had slept but little for some 

 previous nights, and went to bed about twelve ; of 

 course, considered early for such entertainments. I 

 found Laura (the Baroness of Kalbe) in perfect health, 

 and as enchanting as ever. She sends you a thousand 

 compliments." 



The Count writes from Paris, 25th October, 1801 : 



* I arrived here to-day at three o'clock, and propose 



staying ten or twelve days. Shall set about seeing the 



sights, but am somewhat fatigued, having travelled in 



five days three hundred and ninety miles." 



The daughter says this was her father's first visit to 



