This was the beginning of the Female Seminary, which afterwards became so noted under Miss Fiske.

It was commenced March 12, 1838, with four pupils, but the number soon increased, and Mrs.Perkins rendered valuable aid.

Mrs.Grant readily learned to speak the Turkish, and to read the ancient Syriac.

The modern Syriac she was able both to read and write, and the French she could speak before leaving home.

But, cultured and refined as she was, she declared the time spent in the mission field among that rude people, to have been the happiest part of her life.