Those are called the Akkal, or _initiated_; the others are the Jebal, or _uninitiated_.
Four centuries and a half after the death of the founder of the sect, it became powerful under a single chief.

Inhabiting the rugged mountains of Lebanon, they maintained for many ages a free and independent spirit in the midst of despotism, and were a semi-independent people within the Turkish dominions down to the summer of 1835, when they were subdued by Ibrahim Pasha.
As early as 1831, a hope was awakened in the mission, that the Gospel might be successfully introduced among that people.

A Druze woman was in the habit of coming daily to listen to the reading of the Scriptures and to religious conversation, and would often say, "That's the truth," with her face bathed in tears.

Her visits were continued until she fell a victim to the plague.

An old man, also, who was one of the "initiated," came, and, after much disputation, professed to receive the Gospel.