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Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Jaffa in Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt.

Scene in the bazaar at Jaffa. A public café, in a deep arched recess, with a group of smokers. An attendant pounding coffee is steadying a wooden mortar with his naked feet. In the foreground there are fruit-stalls and a Bedouin with his tufted lance; a water-carrier and a peasant boy leading a camel are passing by. 1881-1884 
Jaffa, the ancient Joppa, 1881-1884
Landing at Jaffa. This is always attended with difficulty, as there is no harbor for large vessels at Jaffa. Steamers are obliged to anchor in the roadstead, about half a mile from the shore, and passengers are landed in small Arab boats. 1881-1884
The mosque at Jaffa. A modern structure in the north-east quarter of the town. It can easily be distinguished in the general view of Jaffa (see steel plate). where it appears between the masts of the Arab fishing boats. 1881-1884
Shittim tree at Jaffa, in the Mohammadan cemetary north of the town, close to the sea. Represented at the hour of sunset, the time of evening prayer. 1881-1884
View of the rock-encircled harbour at Jaffa, from the roof of the house of Simon the Tanner. The building in the foreground, with its domes and perforated parapets, is a characteristic example of native domestic architecture in towns and cities of Southern Palestine. 1881-1884
A roadside fountain and tomb. The Sebîl of Abû Nabût, commonly called the Tomb of Tabitha (Dorcas). 1881-1884
Public fountain at Jaffa, near to the gate of the town, shaded by an octagonal domed structure, formed of eight pointed arches supported by columns. 1881-1884
Scene in a Jaffa garden. Two women engaged in working a sâkiyeh, a clumsy machine for raising water from a well to fill a reservoir. On the branch of the pomegranate there is a chameleon. 1881-1884
Source: From the New York Public Library

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