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Island less than a quarter of a Mile from the Continent. 

 The Country where the said Mountains end, and in the Plains 

 lying between, beginneth Mount Bargylis : and thence 

 Phcenice endeth, and Syria beginneth again. The Towns 

 Carne, Balanea, Paltos, Gabale, the Promontory wherein is 

 the Free (City) Laodicea, with Diospolis, Heraclea, Cha- 

 radrus, Posidium. 



CHAPTER XXI. 

 Syria Antiochena. 



THENCEFORWARD is the Promontory of Syria Antiochena ; 

 within is the Free City itself, Antiochena, surnamed Epi- 

 daphne ; through the midst runneth the River Orontes. 

 But in the Promontory is the Free (City) Seleucia, named 

 also Pieria. 



CHAPTER XXII. 

 The Mountain Casius. 



ABOVE (the City) Seleucia, there is another Mountain 

 named Casius, as well as the other. This is of that Height, 

 that if a Man be upon the Top of it in the Night, at the 

 Fourth Watch, he may behold the Sun rising. So that 

 with a little turning of his Body, he may at one Time see 

 both Day and Night. The Passage round to the Top is 19 

 Miles ; but directly up, it is only Four Miles. In the Bor- 

 ders runneth the River Orontes, which riseth between Li- 

 banus and Antilibanus, near to Heliopolis. Then, the Town 

 Rhosos : and behind, the Passages between the Mountains 

 Rhosii and Taurus, which are called Portse Syriae. In the 

 Coast, the Town Myriandros, the Mountain Amanus, 

 where is the Town Bomitae. This separateth Cilicia from 

 the Syrians. 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



Cede- Syria. 1 



Now, to speak of the Midland parts. Ccel& hath Apa- 

 mia, separated from the Nazerines' Tetrarchy by the River 



1 Calo- Syria (or Lower Syria) signifying "Syria in the Hollow." 

 It may be considered, says Strabo, " either in a proper and restrained 



