Drjiry to Giseke, Oct. 14, 1768 (p, 75) 
You ask me of what nev/s in ITat. Hist, in these parts. 
The "best I can give you is that it is making great 
progress here, and the avidity with which books on 
that subject are bought here is surprising. I mentioned 
in one of my letters Da Costa's affair. He is nov/ 
confined in ye king's Bench Prison at ye instance of 
Royal Society and has been there nearly a year, from 
whence, I imagine, he will never return. He is at 
present engaged in writing a history of shells which 
he hopes will make its appearance this summer. 
