They had the language to learn, and the press lay idle during the year, for want of a printer and funds.

Mrs.Hebard died in February.
Yet there was progress.

A large and convenient chapel had been obtained, where were held two stated Arabic services on the Sabbath; and on the evening of the Sabbath, the natives had a prayer meeting by themselves.

In the free schools there were eighty scholars; the seminary for boys had twenty boarders; and the distribution of books and tracts continued.

In this work a blind old man of the Greek Church named Aboo Yusoof was an efficient helper.