Letter 4427

ye 30th July 1734 Sir By my last which I hope you have duely received I did my self the honour to send you a draught, & a description of a naturall curiositie, which is now gone about Italy to make a show, & if the Beast can live out of its element in this hott weather & is another prodigie. Here enclosed I recommend unto your kindness two letters to our secret of the Royall Society from Monsiye. Legiotti, & Abbos Revillas with there thanks for having been admitted Members of our society, & I believe will be both very usefull since the death of the famous Dr. Cirillo, whose sett of Transactions that I lately received with mine, returing you many thanks, I have sent to Naples with the letter from our socies for him to animale some other Philosopher to continue his observations, & impart them to me for the use of the society. As present I have nothing to acquaint you with, only crave of you the justice to believe me with the greatest esteem Sir your most Obedient & most humble Servant Thomas Dereham P.S. against the next injection of the Catalogue of the Members of the R.S. in stead of Dr. Le … Protti, it must be Dr. Lapcotti. be pleased to turn Just as I was going to seal up this your favour of ye 13th past comes to me, with an account that you had been pleased to cause to be deliverd unto Mr. Pucci two Philosophicall Transactions for my use published since the last I received from ye besides a most valuable present from Mr. Catesby Member of the Royall Society of his History of Carolina wrote, published, & couloured by him being the first Volume for which I entreat you to return him my most gratefull thanks, & you may ansure him that upon arrivall I shall impart it to my curious friends, & dont question to gett him many costomers. By this very post I charge Mr. Pucci to send me the above said things by some good shipp bound for Reghome, so if ought else there Should be to send me, you may take hold of this opportunity. I have sent the Transactions to Mr. Zannoth an Bologna, & you must know that Monsignor Lepcotti having learned the English is at work to continue the Translation of our Transactions, which I have brought up to the year 1730, & since that left them to translate the Book of Tables of Anbiens Coins Weights, & Measures which will be ready for the Press about November next.