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seems to have escaped attention in a manner quite like the neglect shown the Racca potteries.

Some heads, done 600 B.C. have fallen almost upon my head and have captured my flirtatious heart. If the hellish Turkish officials, who are thicker and filthier than flies, do not confiscate my purchases and keep the [[underlined]] bakhshish [[/underlined]] as well, I may get away with something worth having besides that which I am stuffing into my mind.  The official corruption here makes Tammany at her worst, look like thirty cents.  But the natural scenery is wonderfully fine as are the fruits and flowers also.  So you see there is compensation after all.  

Believe me with most cordial greetings to yourself and family

Always sincerely yours
Charles L. Freer

P.S. I expect to reach Constantinople about July 1st, address there c/o Credit Lyonnaise