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Tarbes an uninteresting place -- A large village -- Inglis on the / view -- Jardin Massey -- Cloister of S. Sever -- Horses -- The Haras -- / Counts of Bigorre -- Petronilla and her five husbands -- Her will -- / Numerous claimants -- A long contest -- Tarbes fortified -- Sack by / the Huguenots -- Massacre -- The Leaguers -- Battle of Tarbes -- Retreat / of Soult -- Barrère -- Macaulay on his character.
From Tarbes it is possible to escape in four directions, for from it radiate lines to Paris, to Pau, to Bagnières, and to Toulouse, and another is in prospect to Rustan and Mayonac.