332 MEETINGS. 



On the S.E. coast, from S. to N., some of which may be 

 continuations of the above after having crossed the island : — 

 (g) Direction, E.N.E. and W.S.W. Width, 8 inches, 



in Grande Fauconniere Bay. 

 (It) Direction, E.N.E. and W.S.W. Width, 3 feet, in 



Grande Fauconniere Bay. 

 (i) Direction, E.N.E. and W.S.W. Width, 1 foot. 

 (j) Direction, E. and W. Width, 12 feet. 



This forms the gully south of the " Creux," or 

 funnel. Mica trap also appears at the side 

 of the archway forming the entrance to the 

 " Creux " from the sea. 



C. G. De La Mare, Sec. Geo. Sect. 



REPORT OF THE FOLKLORE SECTION. 



Among the various communications which I have received 

 during the year connected with the Folklore of the island, is 

 one from the Rev. R. H. Tourtel, B.D., Rector of the parish 

 of Torteval. This document, which is of considerable local 

 interest, is a copy of an old manuscript giving the ancient 

 names of the rocks, creeks, and bays on the south coast of 

 Guernsey, extending from Castle Cornet to Pleinmont. 

 Many of these names, I am informed, are passing away from 

 popular recollection, and therefore it is very desirable that an 

 authentic record of them should be preserved. The names 

 are, of course, all in French, and the signification of many of 

 them is well worth examination. Instead, therefore, of pub- 

 lishing Mr. Tourtel's very interesting " find " just in the form 

 it now assumes— as I had at first intended to do — I think it 

 will add much to its permanent value as a record of local place- 

 names, if I delay its appearance for a short time, so as to 

 obtain, if possible, an English translation of the names, and 

 also a few additional topographical elucidations, which will tend 

 to throw further light upon their origin and history. This I 

 hope to accomplish by the aid of some of the dwellers in the 

 different localities, and then to publish the names and their sig- 

 nification side by side, together with any of these explanatory 

 notes which I may be able to gather. Some of these rocks, 

 &c, I find have local proverbs or popular sayings connected 

 with them, which are also of much interest. 



A number of the popular beliefs, &c, which have been 

 brought to my notice during the past twelvemonth, were 

 merely repetitions of similar ones already recorded. But even 

 these re-discoveries have their value, if only as showing the 

 prevalence and extensive distribution of the traditions to which 



