an arrondissement of the department of the Lower Pyrenees, in France; 641 square miles in extent. It comprehends eleven cantons, divided into 221 communes, and contains 110,100 inhabitants. The capital is a city of the same name, the seat of the departmental government and of the courts of law. It stands on the river Garve de Pau, in a fine valley, with romantic views of the neighbouring mountains. It is a well-built city, with a fine place or square, 1600 houses, and 11,600 inhabitants. Amongst the curiosities are the palace or castle in which Henry IV. of France was born. It has some manufactures of table and other linen, and others of cottons and hats, and considerable trade in wine, and especially in a celebrated kind of hams. Long. 0. 14. W. Lat. 43. 15. N.

one of the Tefee Islands, in the South Pacific Ocean, celebrated for sandal-wood. The inhabitants are said to be cannibals, although some Englishmen have of late resided on the island.