196 Life of Count Rumfjrd. 



While he was absent in England in the autumn of 

 1795, and without his knowledge, the memorial tribute 

 just referred to was prepared and set up. 



It stands within the Garden, and is composed of 

 Bavarian freestone and marble. It is quadrangular, 

 its two opposite fronts being ornamented with basso- 

 rilievos and bearing inscriptions. The side fronting 

 the principal roadway shows two figures, representing 

 the Genius of Plenty leading Bavaria and strewing her 

 path with flowers. Under these is a block of polished 

 marble with this German inscription, now nearly ob- 

 literated : 



LUSTWANDLER, STEH ! 

 DANK STAERKET DEN GENUSS : 

 EIN SCHOEPFERISCHER WINK KARL THEODOR's 



VOM MENSCHENFREUND RUMFORD 

 MIT GEIST GEFUEHL UND LIEB GEFASST, 



HAT DIESE EHEMALS CEDE GEGEND 



IN DAS WAS DU NUN UM DICH SIEHEST 



VEREDELT. 



The above may be paraphrased [not translated] as 

 follows : 



" Pause, saunterer ! The enjoyment [which this place affords] 

 is heightened by gratitude. A suggestive hint of Charles Theo- 

 dore, seized on with genius, taste, and love by Rumford, the 

 friend of mankind, has transformed this once waste spot into 

 what thou now seest about thee." 



On the opposite side of the memorial is a bust of 

 Count Rumford, in Bavarian alabaster, which, at the 

 time, was thought to be a good likeness ; and under 

 this another block of polished marble bears the follow- 

 ing inscription: 



