These love letters are common to all the East, not to Turkey only. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu gives an account of one consisting of some dozen or twenty symbols, but she says she believes there are a million of recognised ones. Common people, however, were probably contented with very few. According to her, hair (and I suppose that which ties the hair) means, Crown of my head; coal, May I die and all my years be yours; gold wire, I die, come quickly. So Foster's letter reads, "Crown of my head, I am yours; come quickly." "_April 11th._--Lord Byron embarked to-day on board the transport (which is carrying Lord Elgin's Marbles) for Malta. He takes this letter with him, and will send it on to you, I trust, immediately on his arrival in England. I must close, as he is just off for the Piræus." The ship did not leave the port, however, for some days, as we shall see below; and besides this delay, Lord Byron was laid up when he got to Malta and only arrived in England in July, so the letter was long on its way. FOOTNOTES: [14] Sir William Amcotte Ingilby, Bart. (died 1854), of Ripley Castle, Yorks. [15] Lord Byron writes that he is having some views done by a famous Bavarian artist.--Letter 59. Life by T. Moore. [16] Baron Otto Magnus von Stackelberg (1760-1836), antiquarian; author of _Der Apollotempel zu Bassae_ and other works. [17] Peter Oluf Bronstedt (1781-1842), Danish archæologist. Was made Chevalier Bronstedt and sent by his Government as minister to Rome. [18] Lusieri, a Neapolitan, painter to the King of Naples; engaged as draughtsman by Lord Elgin. He was still in Athens in 1816. CHAPTER V TRIP TO ÆGINA--DISCOVERY AND TRANSPORTATION OF THE MARBLES TO ATHENS--EFFORTS TO SELL THEM.