Establishments for the Poor. 393 



rooms will be attended with any considerable expense ; 

 while the advantages which will be derived from such 

 an establishment for encouraging industry, and con- 

 tributing to the comfort of the poor, will be most impor- 

 tant, and from their peculiar nature and tendency will 

 be most highly interesting to every benevolent mind. 



[This paper is printed from the English edition of Rumford's Essays, 

 Vol. I., pp. 113-188.] 



