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Oud on the E. shore of the bay, as well as a point named Wage 

 Padt. 



Om den Oost (Zorgdrager). — A name given by the Dutch to the N. 

 coast, and the sea off it. 



Large Point (Blaeu, 1664). — The Foul Point of the Admiralty Chart. 



Fair Haven (Gerritsz, 1613). — The harbour enclosed between Vogel- 

 sang, Cloven Cliff, the Norways, and the mainland. It was also 

 named Hollantsche Haven (Joris, 1614); North Haven (Martens); 

 Somer Bay and Bay met de Eylanden (Blaeu, 1664). 



Vogelsang (the old Dutch name). — Also named Cape Barren by Edge 

 (1625), and Rotganse Eyl. by Blaeu (1664). 



Cloven Cliff (o\A Dutch name).— The Saddle Island of Edge (1625); 

 De Reus or Giant of Joris (1614): Klip met de Kloff of Van 

 Keulen (1689). 



Outer Norway Island. — This is the Beare Island of Edge (1625); the 

 Gansen Eyland of Van Keulen (1689) and others : and the Half- 

 Nonvegen of Zorgdrager. 



Inner Norway Island was called Zeeusche Uytkxk by Van Keulen and 

 Zorgdrager. A shoal off Flat Hook is named by Zorgdrager Rift 

 van de Uytkyk. 



Birds Bay, the Foul Bay of the chart, but this name does not occur 

 in any old map. It is marked Grote Bay by Joris (1614); Bay 

 aux oiseaux by Guerard (1628); De grote vogel bay by Commelin 

 (1642) ; Archipelago by G. and R. (1707) and Zorgdrager. Perhaps 

 this is the Vausques (Basques) bate of the Cash chart (1629). 



Fox Point (Edge, 1625). — The Dutch used to call it Flat Hook ( Vlacke 

 Hoek). 



Monniers Bay (Guerard, 1628, and all the early charts); Commelin 

 (1648) calls it S. Laurens Bay. The modern name, Red Bay, first 

 appears with Van Keulen (1689). At the bottom of the bay was 

 Point Deceit (Edge, 1625). The cove W. of Point Deceit is named 

 Ayer Bay on Blaeu's map ( 1 664). Thomas Ayers was one of 

 the first English whaling skippers at the beginning of the 17th 

 century. 



Biscayers Hook (G and R., 1 707). — This was called by Edge ( 1625) Point 

 Wellcome, but that name has now been shifted, past correction, 

 to a neighbouring headland. 



Red Beach (Edge, 1625) and Rehenfelt (Martens). — These are names 

 for the land between Biscayers Hook and Welcome Point. The 

 east side of the same cape, S. of Welcome Point, is named Agter 



