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upon the honeſty and induſtry of the undertaker, but would alſo be liable to a total miſcarriage, by the intervention of death or illneſs, that might happen to him.
Theſe hazards would, in my opinion, be removed, or, at leaſt, greatly diminiſhed by the following plan. A general ſubſcription to be opened, and no ſubſcription to be leſs than 25l.
Every ſubſcriber of 50l. to be entitled to one copy of the work, when publiſhed, and alſo to one copy for each other 50l. which he may chuſe to ſubſcribe. The profits ariſing from the publication, to be proportionably divided among all the ſubſcribers in general.
A Committee of five, or more, to have the ſole management and conduct of the work.
The ſubſcription money to be lodged in the hands of a banker, and to be drawn for, as occaſion may require, by the order of the Committee.
If any perſon ſhould wi(h to recede from the Committee, or ſhould, by any misfortune, be incapable of attending it; the remaining part of the Committee might elect another in his place. And as it does not ſeem ncceſſary, that every committee man ſhould be ſubſcriber (though, perhaps, the majority of them
