Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. 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.