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[ xxv ] the engravings may be a real ornament to the hitory.

If the general ubcription hould fall hort of my expectation, which I can carcely uppoe, an open and common ubcription might be propoed for the work, as oon as the number and value of the volumes can be known, and before any expences, attending the pres, have been incurred; the certainty of this future upply may enable the Committee to proceed in the Hitory, even under the diadvantage of a preent deficiency.

I hall only add, that the Editor of this volume will gladly contribute one hundred pounds, either in upport of this plan, or of any other that may be better approved of by the County.