Life of Count Rumford. 633 



together with the series of biographical sketches and 

 encomiums in one of which it is found, to come under 

 the eyes of Rumford himself. Indeed, it is probable 

 that he received a copy of them, transmitted by the 

 writer. 



The cemetery in which the remains of Count Rum- 

 ford rest is very small in area, and since the commune 

 has been annexed to Paris it has been disused for 

 interments. It is very much crowded with memorial 

 stones, so that they almost touch each other. 



The grave of Rumford is marked by a horizontal 

 stone pierre tumulaire and by a perpendicular monu- 

 ment six feet high, six feet in breadth, and three and a 

 half feet in thickness ; both are of marble, and bear 

 inscriptions as follows. 



That on the monument is 



A la Memoire' 



de 

 BENJAMIN THOMPSON, 



Comte de Rumford, 

 nd en 1753, & Concord [?] pres Boston, 



en Amerique, 



mort le 21 Aout, 1814, k Auteuil. 



Physicien ce'lebre, 



Philantrope e'claire', 



ses decouvertes sur la lumiere 



et la chaleur 

 ont illustre son nom. 



Ses travaux pour ameliorer 



le sort des pauvres 

 le feront toujours cherir 

 des amis de 1'humanite. 



The flat stone is thus inscribed : 



