. The life and Epistles of St. Paul. GATE OF SELEUCIA ) THE CiATE OF ANTiOCH. From This was the gate at the south-eaat corner of the city by whicli Paul and Bamalxis enterid on coming froAntioch of I 111-; rOUT OF SKLKI ■ ! \The port at which Paul and Barnabas embarked, when they set sail ou their liisl l t Horn Sclcucia to Cyprus. ;i« Vol. US Chap. VIIL] ST. PAULS FIRST CIRCUIT. [ 45] 119 forty-seven acres, and therefore was as large as the export and import basins of ourEast and West India Docks put together. The port is now choked with sand andmud, but it is
. The life and Epistles of St. Paul. GATE OF SELEUCIA ) THE CiATE OF ANTiOCH. From This was the gate at the south-eaat corner of the city by whicli Paul and Bamalxis enterid on coming froAntioch of I 111-; rOUT OF SKLKI ■ ! \The port at which Paul and Barnabas embarked, when they set sail ou their liisl l t Horn Sclcucia to Cyprus. ;i« Vol. US Chap. VIIL] ST. PAULS FIRST CIRCUIT. [ 45] 119 forty-seven acres, and therefore was as large as the export and import basins of ourEast and West India Docks put together. The port is now choked with sand andmud, but it is said that the masonry is still in such perfect preservation, that the soilcould be remoyed, and the works restored, so as to make the harbour again availablefor shipping, at a very moderate cost.^- Seleucia was a free city—that is, was exemptfrom the lioman imposts, and was governed by its own municipal laws.^ It was sur-rounded by a strong wall, which, however, included neither the port on the west northe culvert on the north. Colonel Chesney gives the following description of Seleucia:— The masonry of the once magnificent port of Seleucia is in so good a state, thatit merely requires trifling repa
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