BARGES  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-western See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, in the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of Hautes-See also:

• PYRENEES [Span. Pirineos, Fr. Pyrenees]

Pyrenees, in the valley of the Bastan, 25 M . S.S.W. of Bagneres-de-Bigorre by road . The town, which is situated at an See also:

• ALTITUDE (Lat. altitudo, from altus, high)

altitude of 4040 ft., is hardly inhabited in the See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter . It is celebrated for its warm sulphurous springs (75° to 111° F.), which first became generally known in 1675 when they were visited by Madame de See also:

• MAINTENON

Maintenon and the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• MAINE
• MAINE, ANNE LOUISE BENEDICTE DE BOURBON
• MAINE, SIR HENRY JAMES SUMNER (1822–1888)

Maine, son of See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XIV . The See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters, which are used for drinking and in See also:

• BATHS

baths, are efficacious in the treatment of wounds and ulcers and in cases of See also:

• SCROFULA (Lat. for " little sow "), or STJTMA

scrofula, See also:

• GOUT

gout, skin diseases, &c . There is a military See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital, founded in 1760 . The town was formerly much exposed to avalanches and floods, which are now less frequent owing to the construction of embankments and replanting of the hillsides . It is a centre for See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain excursions . The See also:

• LIGHT

light See also:

• SILK

silk and See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool fabric called barege takes its name from the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, where it was first made .