Excerpt from A System of the Law of Marine Insurances: With Three Chapters on Bottomry; On Insurances on Lives; And on Insurances Against Fire F or this part of the work I alone am accounta ble, the deflgn being entirely my own It may however, in fome degree abate the fevertty of cen fure to recollect, that in the arrangement of the fubjeet I had no example to follow, no guide to direct me and I was left entirely to the im pulfe of my ownjudgment. But to enable the profeflion to judge of the nature of 'my plan, I will [late the realbns that influenced me in the mode I have adopted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.