JAFFA. 443 
that every Church has had its relics, so uni- ^y^^'- 
versal is a passion for the marvellous. Some • — ,. — ' 
authors ascribe the origin of Jojfn to Japhet, son 
of Noah, and thence derive its name. However 
fabulous such accounts may be now deemed, 
they afford proofs of the great antiquity of the 
place ; having been recorded by historians, for 
so many ages, as the only traditions extant con- 
cerning its origin. Jaffa is also celebrated as the 
port whence the prophet Jonas embarked for 
Ta/vv/wiA, when commanded to preach repentance 
to the inhabitants of Nineveh\ Here also St. 
Peter restored Tahitha to life^ In the time of 
St. Jerom it was called Japho^. Doubdan 
gives a long account of its history in later 
times \ It was fortified in the beginning of the 
thirteenth century, by Louis king of France*. 
Aw Arab fisherman ^X. Jaffa, as we were standing 
upon the beach, came running to us with a 
fish he had just taken out of the water ; and, 
from his eagerness to shew what he had caught, 
(4) " But Jjriah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of 
the Lord, and weut dowu to Joppa ; and he found a ship goinj to 
Tarshish." Jottah i. 3. 
(5) Ads is. 40. 
(6) AdricUm. Tkeat. Terr. Saiict. p. 23. Colon. 1628. 
(7) Voyage de la Terre Saincte, p, 496. Paris, 1657- 
■ (iVA.D. 1250. Vid. Adrichom. fkeat. T. S. ubi supra. 
