[Footnote 63: The towns of Gabala and Laodicea, which the
Arabs passed, still exist in a state of decay (Maundrell, p.
11, 12; Pocock, vol. ii. p. 13). Had not the Christians been
overtaken, they must have crossed the Orontes on some bridge
in the sixteen miles between Antioch and the sea, and might
have rejoined the high road of Constantinople at Alexandria.
The Itineraries will represent the directions and distances
(p. 146, 148, 581, 582, edit. Wesseling).]