The lovely Christian families in Syria, whose mothers were trained by him and his wife, will be his monuments for generations to come.

It is a common remark in Syria, that the great majority of all Dr.De Forest's pupils have turned out well.
I have not been able to find the official reports with regard to the Female Seminary of Dr.De Forest in Beirut for the years 1847, 1848, and 1849, but from the Reports made by Dr.De Forest himself for the years 1850, 1852 and 1853, I make the following extracts: In 1850, the Doctor writes: "The Seminary now has seventeen pupils including two, Khozma and Lulu, who act as teachers.

The older class have continued to study the Sacred Scriptures as a daily lesson, and have nearly finished the Old Testament.

They have studied a brief Compend of History in Arabic, and have continued Arithmetic and English.
Compositions have been required of them weekly in Arabic until last autumn, when they began to write alternately in English and Arabic.

A brief course of Astronomy was commenced, illustrated by Mattison's maps, given by Fisher Howe, Esq., of Brooklyn, N.Y.
"Recently the pupils have been invited to spend every second Sabbath evening with the other members of the family in conversation respecting some missionary field which has been designated previously.