21 OCTOBER 1882, Page 15

INTERPRETERS IN THE EAST.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] • Su,--Permit me to correct an error into which the writer of your last week's article on "Interpreters in the East" has fallen. Instead of there being only four English interpreters in the East, there are fourteen, ten of whom have passed from the grade of student to that of assistant, and are actively employed at various Consulates. In Egypt, to which special attention is called in your article, the assistant at the Cairo Consulate is re- ported to have rendered very valuable assistance to our officials

during the recent Expedition.—I am, Sir, &c., F. C.