548 Life of Count Rumford. 



"I left Paris the Qth of June, and arrived here the i6th. 

 My stay here is uncertain, for many things are yet wanting that 

 are indispensably necessary for the success of such an establish- 

 ment as the Academy of Arts and Sciences. I continue to 

 pursue my Philosophical researches, and that will ever be the 

 most pleasing occupation I can have. I am in the same lodg- 

 ings I occupied when I was here two years ago, and Aichner 

 and his whole family serve me. But I fancy I shall soon 

 return to the house I was in when you were with me, and to 

 the same apartments, which I shall like better than any others. 

 The Countess of Nogarola sends you a thousand compliments." 



His stay in Munich was short, as the troubles of the 

 time compelled even the Elector to leave the city. On 

 September 17 the Count is again in Paris. 



The following very interesting letter bears date 



"PARIS, 25 th October, 1805, Rue d'Anjou, No. 39. 



"You will have intelligence by the papers of events that 

 have lately taken place in Germany. Foreseeing the Storm, I 

 left Munich the day before the Elector left it. I have brought 

 Aichner and his whole family, not being willing to leave them 

 behind. I succeeded in so winding up my affairs in Bavaria as 

 in the future to be able to live where I please. I shall, of 

 course, go from time to time to pay my respects to the Elector, 

 for he 'has ever treated me with too much respect for me to be 

 negligent on that account towards him. 



" I have informed you before of the arrangements Madame 

 Lavoisier and I had made in case of our marriage, and which in 

 fact took place yesterday. 



" I have the best-founded hopes of passing my days in peace 

 and quiet in this paradise of a place, made what it is by me, 

 my money, skill, and directions. In short, it is all but a para- 

 dise. Removed from the noise and bustle of the street, facing 

 full to the South, in the midst of a beautiful garden of more 

 than two acres, well planted with trees and shrubbery. The 

 entrance from the street is through an iron gate, by a beautiful 



