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holden from public inspection, under the futile idea that the titles of the proprietors might, by a free communication, be called in queſtion; but I have too good an opinion of my countrymen, to ſuppoſe them biaſſed by ſuch unmanly ſentiments, and am rather inclined to think, that every proprietor will willingly and joyfully contribute to the full completion of a work, in which every individual will be partly concerned.
Every one muſt naturally wiſh to ſee the hiſtory of his property traced to it's original holder, and no one would bluſh to know, that his preſent eſtate was, antiently, part of the poſ ſeſſions of the principal men in this kingdom.
It may, perhaps, be neceſſary to hint at the propriety, that the drawing and engraving of all private buildings ſhould be executed at the expence of their owners; but that public edifices, remarkable ruins, and curious churches or monuments, ſhould be inſerted in the work at the expence of the Committee. And it is to be hoped, that thoſe Noblemen and Gentlemen, who might wiſh to have their feats introduced, may take the recommendation of their Draughtſman and Engraver from the Committee, that proper juſtice may be done to their places, and that
