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and he says that I must see Mr. Leishmann at Constantinople who, if he will can recover the sculptures by appealing direct to the Sultan.

But this I shall not ask. It might in some way, at some time, reflect a shadow upon my collection or the Smithsonian Institution. The Orientals might some time jump at the chance and make a great noise. I do not consider myself guilty of displaying any great amount of immorality, but as I have, in a way, lead some one else, a native, to disobey a foolish law, which is constantly transgressed, I cannot exactly classify myself with the Angels