Confectioners.—­Mdme. Cheval, Rue du Centre, 19.  M. Toujas, No. 10 same street.

Carriages.—­Courtade, Place des Pyrenees, No. 14; Pourponnet, 3
Rue Labrun.

Horses.—­Bourdettes, 25 Place Lafayette.

There is service all the year in the small English Church, and the present chaplain, the Rev. J. Grundy, M.A.  Oxon., is always willing to assist visitors in any way, and glad to accept the offer of their services in the choir.

The cost of living in the winter averages 10 frs. in the best hotels, and between 7 and 9 in others; but the prices rise considerably in summer.

Post and Telegraph Office, Theatre, Casino, Museum and
Reading-rooms in the town.

Guides.—­Fages, senior and junior, 8 Rue de Lorry; Idrac, Rue
Longue; Arnaune, Rue de Lorry.

Principal Excursions:—­[Footnote:  For full particulars of these and all excursions, the reader is referred to P. Joanne’s ‘Pyrenees’; Mr. Packe’s ‘Guide to the Pyrenees for Mountaineers’; and Count Russell’s ‘Grandes Ascensions des Pyrenees’ (French and English).] To Aste, Gerde, Lourdes, Campan, Baudean, Ste. Marie, the Col d’Aspin, and up the Bedat and the Monne.  Refer to Chapter II, for information.

Caesar’s Camp, 2 hrs. there and back, by the village of Pouzac.

Les Allees dramatiques, 2 hrs. there and back, riding—­3 hrs. on foot; between the Bedat and the Monne, a pretty walk.

The Slate Quarries and Spring of Labassere, 6 hrs. there and back; 1-1/4 hrs. to Labassere; 2 hrs. to the Quarries; 3 hrs. to the Spring.  Guide 6 frs.; horses 10 frs. each.

The Mont-Aigu, 10 hrs. there and back, guide 15 frs.  The view from the summit is immense; it extends over three valleys.

The Vallee de Lesponne and the “Lac bleu,” 9 hrs. there and back.  Carriage-road to the end of valley; mulepath the remainder of the way.  Guide 8 frs., horse 10 frs.

Gripp (10 miles).  Carriage-road all the way.  Same road as far as Ste. Marie as that to Col d’Aspin.

Pic du Midi de Bigorre, 6 hrs. 45 min. to the summit; Guide 6 frs., horse 10 frs.  A magnificent excursion, but easier from Bareges.

Pene de l’Heris, 2 hrs. 45 min. to summit.  A pleasant excursion.

Houn Blanquo, 9 hrs. there and back.  Guide 8 frs., horse 10 frs.  A splendid mountain panorama in view, from the summit.

Puits de la Pindorle [Footnote:  See footnote p. 226.]—­a natural ice-cave, spoken of by Mr. Packe as “unique in its kind in the Pyrenees”—­8 hrs. there and back.  Guide and ropes necessary.

BAGNERES DE LUCHON (2065 ft.).—­A lovely town in the Western Pyrenees (Hautes), situated near the junction of the Pique with the One, at the mouth of the Larboust valley, and in the western angle of the valley of Luchon.

The most fashionable of all the Pyrenean watering-places.

Season.—­1st of June to the end of October; but most charming in May and early June.