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Table of Heights in the 



Height of the Principal Points of the Valley of Bareges (Hautes 

 Pyrenees), above the level of Luz (the chief town of the valley*) 

 and also above the Level of the Sea. 



NOTE. We have given here the height of all the " chefs- 

 lieux des communes," of some of the hamlets and of some un- 

 inhabited places, which will give room for some interesting 

 observations. In calculating the height of these different points 

 above the level of the sea, we have supposed, according to the 

 excellent observations of MM. Rebonz and Vidal, that the 

 church of Luz is situated 739 metres = 379 toises, or 2424| 

 English feet above the level of the sea. The height of all the 

 communes " and hamlets mentioned, have been taken from 

 the level of the church of each place, except the villages of 

 Bareges, Gavarnie, and Gedres.-)- 



Height of the " Chefs-lieux de Communes" 



* Bareges, far from being the principal place of the valley which bears this 

 name, is merely a hamlet which during the greater part of the year does not 

 contain above 100 inhabitants. During the season of the baths, viz. from 1st 

 June to 1st October, it is visited by a considerable number of strangers. 



f It is absolutely necessary to mention precisely the station at which the 

 observations were made ; unfortunately, however, this is generally omitted in 

 tables of heights ; in the Annuaire of the French Board of Longitude, the 

 points of observation are not specified except in a very few cases. This 

 want of precision takes from the results of these observations some of their 

 merit, having the great disadvantage of preventing their use as a basis for 

 other calculations. 



