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At the foot of the monument is a spring of 
water, which is attributed to the miraculous 
agency of the apostle. A little further along 
the coast is St. Paul’s Tower, a strong square 
building, with a ditch and a drawbridge, and 
inhabited by seven or eight soldiers. 
We now re-embarked, and after enjoying 
a “ good, honest, wholesome, hungry repast,” 
we once more threw the dredge overboard, 
but having towed it in various directions 
across the bay, and obtained nothing but 
weeds, we crossed over to the other side, 
and dredged in the narrow channel between 
Selmone and the mainland, in the spot 
where some of the more imperishable parts 
of the wreck may possibly still be in ex¬ 
istence. And here we fished up from the 
bottom—what do you think? an ancient 
Roman coin, or a rust-devoured helmet or 
breastplate ? No such thing, only a few small 
