PROCEEDINGS FOR 1897 CXXXVII 



C. Saltanatra or Saltanatre, a compound of Saltante-Saltant, and 

 terra, land, meaning the upleaping land, or land that shoots rapidly up- 

 wards. Compare English "salient" and "saltant," Latin "salire," and 

 Italian " saltare." Hence " Cape of the Saltant " or " very high upleap- 

 ing land. 



Agron, a remarkable peak or summit. In Greek aupojr^, Latin 

 acron rarely used, the ordinaiy form being arx by metonomy : taking 

 the Latin acron, and making the usual change of the Latin C, into Gr in 

 Spanish we have Agron. This standing alone denotes not merely a peak 

 but a remarkable one. 



Cavo de S. Johan Cape St. John 



S. Nicolas St. Nicholas 



Isla de la Trenidat Trinity Island 



E. Longo Long Eiver 



Fonle or Forte Fount, or source of 



sweet water if we read Fonte ; if 



Forte be read, then avast or caution. 



Aryair, fi'om Ara, an altar, and gaj-ar, gaily, or gorgeously decorated. 



Compare French gai, Italian gaio, EngUsh garish, gay. Hence, 



Argair, a gorgeous or magnificently prepared altar. 

 Menistre, compound of Moenia, walls, and terra, land or country, or the 



land that has a great wall. 

 C delisarte ; Lisarte is from lisar, to smooth, and qualities faz, or face 



understood. Hence, Cape of the Smooth or ilat face. Or more 



precisely. Cape Blutt". 



S. Luzia St. Lucy 



Jtfsquei, compound of justa)', to joust, and aquei waters, or waves, mean- 

 ing the meeting in fray, or the jousting of the waters, and is a 

 picturesque and appropriate descrijîtion of the northern entrance 

 to the Straits of Belle Isle. 



Reyilia, compound of red strong barred prisons, and hilla a row or line. 

 Hence, a row of prisons, a striking description of the environs and 

 entrance to Fogo Harbour. Instead of Eedhilla, "dh" are 

 changed into " g," and " i " inserted for euphon}-. 



C. de Luzia Cape St. Lucy 



Ansorl, the place of geese, or Goose Bay. 



Lacjofori, compound of Lago, lake, and foro or forum, a royal courtyard. 

 Hence Eoyal Courtyard Lake. Anj-one who has seen the Hai-^ 

 bour of St. John's will recognize how peculiarly appropriate it is. 



C. de Jorge Cape St. George 



