This terrible disease had been almost an annual visitation at Constantinople, and was believed to be imported from Egypt.

As soon as it made its appearance, schools must be closed, public worship suspended, and the giving and receiving of visits in great measure interrupted.

The quarantine appears to have been an effectual preventive.
In the course of this year, the missionaries had a meeting at Smyrna, at which Messrs.

King, Temple, Goodell, Bird, Adger, and Houston were present.

Its results were important and interesting.
During the sessions, Mr.King preached two sermons to a Greek audience in the chapel of the Dutch Consulate.