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Of Food. 



to know how good rye bread may be prepared, and 

 also to such as are desirous of ascertaining, by similar 

 experiments, what in any given case the profits of a 

 baker really are, I shall publish an account in detail of 

 these experiments, in the Appendix.* 



I cannot conclude this Essay, without once more 

 recommending, in the most earnest manner, to the 

 attention of the public, and more especially to the at- 

 tention of all those who are engaged in public affairs, 

 the subject which has here been attempted to be in- 

 vestigated. It is certainly of very great importance, 

 in whatever light it is considered, and it is particularly 

 so at the present moment. For however statesmen may 

 differ in opinion with respect to the danger or expedi- 

 ency of making any alteration in the constitution or 

 established forms of government, in times of popular 

 commotion, no doiibts can be entertained with respect to 

 the policy of diminishing, as much as possible, at all 

 times, and more especially in times like the present, 

 the misery of the lower classes of the people. 



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

 Vol. I., pp. 189-299.] 



* See page 529. 



