EAUX-BONNES

eaux-bonnes, a watering-place of south-western france, in the department of basses-pyrenees, 31/2 m. s.e. of the small town of laruns, the latter being 24 m. s. of pau by rail. pop. (1906) 610. eaux-bonnes is situated at a height of 2460 ft. at the entrance of a fine gorge, overlooking the confluence of two torrents, the valentin and the sourde. the village is well known for its sulphurous and saline mineral waters (first mentioned in the middle of the 14th century), which are beneficial in affections of the throat and lungs. they vary between 50 deg. and 90 deg. f. in temperature, and are used for drinking and bathing. there are two thermal establishments, a casino and fine promenades. the watering-place of les eaux-chaudes is 5 m. by road south-west of eaux-bonnes, in a wild gorge on the gave d'ossau. the springs are sulphurous, varying in temperature from 52 deg. to 97 deg. f., and are used in cases of rheumatism, certain maladies of women, &c. the thermal establishment is a handsome marble building. there is fine mountain scenery in the neighbourhood of both places, the pic de ger near eaux-bonnes, commanding an extensive view. the valley of ossau, one of the most beautiful in the pyrenees, before the revolution formed a community which, though dependent on bearn, had its own legal organization, manners and costumes, the last of which are still to be seen on holidays. eaves (not a plural form as is sometimes supposed, but singular; o. eng. _efes_, in mid. high ger. _obse_, gothic _ubizwa_, a porch; connected with "over"), in architecture, the projecting edge of a sloping roof, which overhangs the face of the wall so as to throw off the water.