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Paris. The reception which he met was " simply en- 

 chantment." It appeared to him then as if there were 

 no other spot in the world worth looking at, no other 

 acquaintance worth cultivating. His inventions were 

 in common use; his name was known throughout the 

 whole country : he was making a world of acquaint- 

 ances, "particularly that of a lady the daughter was to 

 hear more about in the end." Parties were made for him 

 every day. " The Count was put into such good humor 

 that he even sends compliments from some Munich 

 gentlemen whom he finds there, that the daughter had 

 forgotten or never knew. Ladies ajt Munich, forgotten 

 till now, in these moments of joy desired to be remem- 

 bered to the daughter. Luckily some of the inhabitants 

 of the earth have remembrance of the daughter, for soon 

 this heaven on earth was to make her father forget her." 

 In a letter dated at Brompton, January 15, 1802, the 

 Count writes of having returned on the 2oth of the pre- 

 ceding month. He had been three months on the Con- 

 tinent, spending seven weeks of the time in Paris. He 

 intended to enjoy again the delights of the French capi- 

 tal on his way, in the course of the summer, to Munich. 

 It was his full intention to get excused from any longer 

 residence at Munich, though the Elector continued 

 friendly to him. The Count mentions having just re- 

 ceived from him a very gracious letter, in which the 

 Elector expresses his pleasure at the cordiality extended 

 towards Rumford in France, and advises him to culti- 

 vate an acquaintance with a certain lady there, whom 

 he knew by reputation as, among other attractions, hav- 

 ing great wealth. When he made this second visit to 

 Paris, the Count accepted an invitation which he had 

 received to lodge with the Bavarian ambassador. 



