He died on the 28th of January, and Mrs.Dodge removed to Beirut.

The arrival of Rev.John F.Lanneau in the spring of 1836, furnished an associate for Mr.Whiting.A school was opened, and numerous books were sold to the pilgrims.

Early in the next year, Tannus Kerem of Safet was engaged as a native assistant.
He was born and educated in the Latin Church, but in thought and feeling was with the mission, and enlarged their personal acquaintance and influence.

In the summer the cholera appeared, and swept off four hundred victims in a month.

Mr.Homes, of the mission to Turkey, was there at the time, and all devoted themselves to the gratuitous service of the sick, a thing unknown before in that region.