72 THE ROYAL INSTITUTION. [CHAP. II. 



to go with him, but he then proposed to stay there all this 

 winter and next summer. Two or three weeks ago he 

 changed his plan, and determined to make this only a pre- 

 paratory visit, and to return hither within three months. 

 For my own part I sincerely wish that he had found it 

 expedient to make a voyage to America instead of this 

 journey on the Continent. I would then certainly have 

 accompanied him across the Atlantic, notwithstanding the 

 unsettled state of affairs here. He every day talks more 

 and more coolly about going to America, and though I 

 really think that he means to make you a visit there some 

 time or other, yet it does not seem as if he promised him- 

 self much satisfaction besides. 



As to his health, it is nearly the same as usual, except 

 that he is rather thinner, having lived long upon a very 

 spare diet. The constant agitation of his mind, and the 

 irritable constitution with which it is connected, will neces- 

 sarily prevent him from enjoying a regular state of good 

 health. 



Again, in September, writing to his daughter, 

 Eumford says that the new Elector has invited him 

 to return with assurances of his warm friendship, and 

 6 that though many salaries and pensions have been 

 suspended through the war, his shall be paid.' He 

 says he is going to Munich, ' but that if the Elector 

 will excuse him he does not intend to stay long, the 

 Koyal Institution still requiring his oversight.' 



He reached Munich by way of Mannheim, and thence 

 wrote to his daughter : 



Munich, October 2, 1801. 



MY DEAR SALLY, I arrived here late last evening, and 

 early this morning went to pay my respects to the Elector, 

 who received me with all imaginable kindness. He appears 

 to have plenty of business for me in an academy he is about 



