Hinsdale and Mitchell were forty-one days on their voyage to Smyrna, from whence an Austrian steamer took them to Beirut.

Mr.and Mrs.Beadle accompanied them as far as Aleppo, to commence a new station.

Mr.Mitchell had a slight attack of fever and ague at Aleppo, which detained him till the 28th of May.

That was rather late in the season, still all might have gone well, had they been able to press on with the usual speed.

The abundant green grass on the plain, however, caused the muleteers to loiter, and, once on the road, the company was entirely at their mercy.