JOURNAL OF A DEPUTATION SENT

TO THE EAST

BY THE COMMITTEE OF

THE MALTA PROTESTANT COLLEGE,

IN 1849:

CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE

PRESENT STATE OF THE ORIENTAL NATIONS, INCLUDING
THEIR RELIGION, LEARNING, EDUCATION,

CUSTOMS, AND OCCUPATIONS:

WITH OUTLINES OF

THEIR ECCLESIASTICAL AND POLITICAL HISTORY; OF THE RISE AND DECAY

OF KNOWLEDGE AMONG THEM; AND OF THE DOCTRINES AND
DISCIPLINE OF THE ANCIENT CHRISTIAN CHURCHES.

BY A LAY MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE.

PART I.

LONDON:

JAMES NISBET AND CO., 21, BERNERS-STREET.

DUBLIN: W. CURRY AND SON, UPPER SACKVILLE-STREET.

M DCCC LIV.