But, after a few weeks, the Moslem governor and the Armenian priests commenced a cruel opposition, scarcely paralleled in the missionary experiences of Turkey, and drove them from the place, with much loss and suffering.
Arriving at Adana, where the native brethren gave them a kind reception, Mr.Coffing sought redress from the government, but in vain, as the Pasha was unfriendly; and the native Protestants of that city were subjected to many outrages during the winter.
[1] _Missionary Herald_, 1861, pp.

169, 170.
After six months, Mr.Coffing left Adana to attend the annual meeting of his mission at Aleppo, going by way of Alexandretta.

The road being dangerous around the head of the gulf, he took a guard of three soldiers; but in the latter part of the route, he dismissed two of them, going on with the other, two muleteers, and a pious Armenian servant.

When three miles from Alexandretta, he was fired upon by two men concealed in a thicket near the road.

Two balls struck his left arm above the elbow, shattering the bone and severing an artery, and one entered the body.