T. E. Lawrence Correspondence – Page 414

To Hogarth 10.2.1912 cracked. However it may be on your behalf. It will be vile if (having got the money from you, promises that is to say -) I can't buy the lane. Hassan Asha will grind his guns, if true. Woolley's idea of Kufiti men I hope won't come off. Those kept- isms are such voms (thought they own did). As for Primus stoves, I'll write and tell him we don't want them: that vaporised parraf- in thing of Naj's is almost the same. Let Canon tell Henderson's heir that his father paid a pair of yellow boots with blue tassels, and a red & yellow striped silk gown for Carchemisl. The man will probably be content with a returned. Also tell him that in 20 years afterwards ....id... I can send you facsimile boots. About the Jerablus seals:- I can't give you those, only the five outsiders: the Jerablus ones I bought while living at Jerablus expense i.e. provide that is to say -). If he gives them you all well and good. I valued them at about 3/4 the lot. The foot ... seal must be worth a lira & the ... & if it gives you that in should give over the rest of the bunch. Didn't know you liked tuck-weights: there are heaps here in town: or is it only Carchemisl ducks? Very hard to make the Trilbys: people love me. They think English people are spoiling their line: and by being turned out of the Awls's they have lost that mid-stream rock to build their briggs on at Carchemisl. However I'll do my best. Please .. Billy from me. J.