Underground Jerusalem - An Account of Some of the Principal Difficulties Encountered in Its Exploration and the Results Obtained, With a Narrative of an Expedition Through the Jordan Valley and a Visit to the Samaritans #271890

The exposed condition of the coasts of Palestine — Ancient ports Difiiculty experienced by the Charlotte, in 1867 — Incidents of the voyage — Ancient associations with Jaffa — Interest of the site — Reference to it by J osephus — Landing — The house of a Syrian gentleman — Bargaining for horses — Coins — The climate of J alfa — Failure of the American colony there — Ill-treat ment of the colonists by the Turks and their own agents Jaffa and Andromeda — Jaffa and St. Peter's vision — Ludd, the ancient Lydda — Moslem belief respecting it — Ram1eh, the ancient arimathaea-lady travellers — An ancient copy of the Pentateuch -arrival at J erusalem — Two views 21viii contents.