Jonah was disobedient, and of a fault-finding, complaining disposition, and deserves to be lightly spoken of, almost.

The timbers used in the construction of Solomon's Temple were floated to Jaffa in rafts, and the narrow opening in the reef through which they passed to the shore is not an inch wider or a shade less dangerous to navigate than it was then.

Such is the sleepy nature of the population Palestine's only good seaport has now and always had.

Jaffa has a history and a stirring one.

It will not be discovered any where in this book.