424 Life of Count Rumford. 



suits, with strong religious feelings, and of an ardent 

 temperament. In his first letter to his fellow-editors, 

 written in London, June 21, 1801,* he says that the 

 principal motive which induced him, in such distract- 

 ing times of war, to undertake his tour, was his admi- 

 ration of Count Rumford and his desire to visit the 

 land where he dwelt.. The Count had long before prof- 

 fered him his hospitalities at his own home at Bromp- 

 ton, though until his arrival at the house they had 

 never seen each other. The Count insisted that a 

 friend of Pictet's, who had come with him from Paris, 

 though a perfect stranger, should likewise be his guest. 

 The host took them both, on the day of their arrival, to 

 the Royal Institution. This was the admiration of 

 Pictet, who proceeds to translate for his Eibliothbque 

 the report of the Institution published in the second 

 number of its journal. In one of his notes to this 

 report the correspondent describes the lecture-rooms or 

 amphitheatres as disposed and contrived by the Count 

 with wonderful adaptation to their purposes. In 'an- 

 other note the Frenchman proves how soon he had 

 learned in England the cant meaning of the word job, 

 which, however, he spells with two b's, and does not 

 attempt to turn into a French equivalent. He says the 

 Count was so determined to exclude all speculation and 

 all chance for private individual thrift or gain from the 

 Institution, that even in the saloon, or restaurant, viands, 

 tea, and coffee were furnished at prime cost to all 

 attending the establishment who needed refreshment, 

 precluding "what is known so well in England sous le 

 nom de jobb" 



Delighted with his inspection of the Institution, 



* Bibliotheque Britannique, Science et Arts, Vol. XVII. 



