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from it, perhaps not more than 400 yards ; but still that 

 is too far. Had it been under the same roof, or adjoin- 

 ing to it, those who are lodged in it might have been 

 fed from the public kitchen of the general establishment, 

 and have been under the immediate inspection of the 

 principal officers of the House of Industry. It would 

 likewise have rendered the establishment very interest- 

 ing to those who visit it ; which is an object of more 

 real importance than can well be imagined by those 

 who have not had occasion to know how much the 

 approbation and applause of the public facilitate diffi- 

 cult enterprises. 



The means of uniting the rational amusement of so- 

 ciety, with the furtherance of schemes calculated for the 

 promotion of public good, is a subject highly deserving 

 the attention of all who are engaged in public affairs. 



CHAPTER IX. 



Of the Means used for extending the Influence of the 

 histitution for the Poor at Munich to other Parts 

 of Bavaria. — Of the Progress which some of the 

 Improvements introduced at Munich are making in 

 other Countries. 



THOUGH the institution of which I have under- 

 taken to give an account was confined to the city 

 of Munich and its suburbs, yet measures were taken to 

 extend its influence to all parts of the country. The 

 attempt to put an end to mendicity in the capital, and 

 to give employment to the poor, having been com- 



