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A G H o N I, DEO. 



DEO GHONI. 



LABVSIVS, AVLINI. 



VSLM, AVRINI. 



VSLM.* 



Besides these, a number of others were found of a 

 similar kind at the baths de Luchon, or Bagneres de 

 Luchon. These baths, it seems, enjoyed considerable 

 celebrity, in the time of the Romans, as appears by 

 the latin inscriptions which have been discovered 

 about them. After the country was freed from the Ro- 

 man yoke, this place was neglected, and by the falling 

 of rocks, stones, and earth, these sources of health and 

 comfort were buried beneath them. The buildings 

 about them were likewise neglected, and fell to ruins. 

 In more modern times, however, the city has been gra- 

 dually rebuilt, and, at the same time, the inhabitants 

 commenced the cutting of trenches by the side of the 

 ancient baths, with a view to discover the source of 

 the water, which, at that time, was discharged from 

 among the rocks in small streams. 



In doing this, they discovered a number of marble 

 monuments, or votive altars, executed in the Roman 

 style, and with exquisite taste ; and on which were 

 sculptured a variety of inscriptions in latin. No less 

 than twelve of these inscriptions are given by Pallas- 

 sau in his work. 



Moreover, at the Pene d'Escot, one of the most re- 

 markable places in the Pyrennees, being a high and 



* Mineral des Pyrennees, page 192. 



