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the engravings may be a real ornament to the hiſtory.
If the general ſubſcription ſhould fall ſhort of my expectation, which I can ſcarcely ſuppoſe, an open and common ſubſcription might be propoſed for the work, as ſoon as the number and value of the volumes can be known, and before any expences, attending the preſs, have been incurred; the certainty of this future ſupply may enable the Committee to proceed in the Hiſtory, even under the diſadvantage of a preſent deficiency.
I ſhall only add, that the Editor of this volume will gladly contribute one hundred pounds, either in ſupport of this plan, or of any other that may be better approved of by the County.
