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Only once had a bombardment taken place.This Bedouin was the grandson of the Sheikh Hilou, a holy man of the region upon whose grave the Arabs are accustomed to types of jasper stone make their prayers.It was as if the gates of Jehannum were opened and its fires turned loose upon us, one soldier told me.But I was relieved the elements did not frighten me on the contrary, types of jasper stone I felt secure and refreshed in the midst of the sea.He was practically the only man who stood up for the poor, defenseless people of the city.If they had understood the situation in Palestine and Syria, how differently this war might have eventuated! The Lebanon and Syria would have raised a hundred thousand picked men, if the types of jasper stone Allies had landed in Palestine.The population were discontented and turbulent, and every day thousands of women came before the governor's residence to cry and protest against the scarcity of bread.In the types of jasper stone defeated army itself the Turkish officers gave vent to their hatred of the Germans.I went to see Consul Glazebrook.We felt sure that the Turkish defeat would put types of jasper stone a damper on the arrogance of the soldiery.