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BARDESEY

Volume 4 · 145 words · 1860 Edition

a small island on the Welsh coast, at the northern extremity of Cardigan Bay. It is 2½ miles long by 1 in breadth, with an area of about 370 acres, of which one-third is hilly. The island produces barley and oats. Pop. 90. Its only harbour is on the S.E. side, and admits vessels of 40 tons. The lighthouse has a fixed light 129 feet above high water, in Lat. 52° 45' N. Long. 4° 47' W.

BARGES, a small town situated between two mountain chains in the department of Hautes Pyrénées in France, celebrated for its warm sulphurous springs. Their temperature varies from 24° to 36° Reaumur. Upwards of a thousand visitors annually repair to the baths, most of them military men, the benefit of the waters being granted to the army at the expense of government. Their chief value is in cutaneous diseases.