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make the most prudent use of the information I have 

 given you. I shall not mention the subject to anybody but 

 yourself. 



I hope to see you in London in about three weeks from 

 this time. 



My health is much improved, and is still improving every 

 day. My stay in Paris has afforded me much amusement, 

 but I begin to be impatient to see my friends in England. 

 I hope everything is going on well at the Royal Institu- 

 tion. 



I am, my dear Sir Joseph, with unalterable esteem and 

 attachment, yours most faithfully, 



RUMFORD. 



In another letter to his daughter, written January 

 15, 1802, he says that he returned to Brompton on 

 December 20, and that he was three months on the 

 Continent and seven weeks of the time in Paris. He 

 spoke of his intention to enjoy again the delights of 

 the French capital on his way, in the course of the 

 summer, to Munich and to get excused from any 

 longer residence at Munich. The Elector continued 

 friendly to him, and had lately written to him 

 a very gracious letter, in which he expresses his 

 pleasure at the cordiality extended towards Rumford 

 in France, and advises him to cultivate an acquaint- 

 ance with a certain lady there, who, among other 

 attractions, was said to have great wealth. When he 

 made this second visit to Paris, the Count accepted an 

 invitation which he had received to stay with the 

 Bavarian ambassador. 



Before he left England again, May 9, 1802, he pub- 

 lished the third volume of his essays. 



