I feel, too, that my example and my instruction will control her eternal destiny." This girl was Raheel Ata.

Again, August 16: "It is a great favor that so many of the men and boys can read.

Alas, our poor sisters! the curse rests emphatically upon them.

Among the Druze princesses, some, perhaps the majority, furnish an exception and can read.

Their sect is favorable to learning.