Paul Hoste.

—Paul Hoste, a Jesuit, published early in the seventeenth century a small quarto with diagrams on "Breaking the Line," so much discussed, as being first done in Rodney's action. If any one can give me some account of Paul Hoste and his scientific views on naval architecture, the information will be acceptable to

ÆGROTUS.

[See Chalmers' and Gorton's Biographical Dictionaries; Moreri, Le Grand Dictionnaire, and Nouveau Dictionnaire Historique, s.v.]