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<4> I bought the sculptures is now behind bars. It is his second offense! But he is rich and a regular Buffalo Bill-type of person and can buy or fight his way out of jail I imagine. I have no particulars of the seizure beyond a telegraph message directly from the seller sent me in care of the American Consulate at Alexandretta which reached me by mere chance. I am now traveling on a small coasting steamer going from Beirut to Constantinople, having chosen this route, one of seven days, instead of a shorter one of four days, in order to see the very interesting coast of