ANCIENT NAMES OF THE BAYS, ETC. 301 



28. — L'ltePiere. — R. Probably huitriere, oyster rock. N. Fr., itre, oyster. 



29.— L'AigUillon de Fermain.— R. Aiguillon, rock tapering in a point. 



30.— Fermain.— B. This bay divides the parish of St. Peter-Port from that 

 of St. Martin's. The word fermain means "strong rock; Br. and W., 

 fer,ffer, strong ; Br., mean, men, a rock; W., maen, main, a stone. 



ST. MARTIN'S. 



31.— Les blanes bois. 

 32.— Le grand Creux. 



33. — La RiCOU. — R. Eicon in Br. signifies "rock." 



34. — Le Herichon. — Herichon = Fr., oursin, sea urchin; Lat., echinus; 

 Gr., echinos ; Sp., erizo. 



35.— Le Havre de la roque au piegne.— C. See 36. 



36.— La roque au piegne.— R. Kel., "rock of justice"; Br., piem, 

 judge ; piegne might be corrupted from Br., penn, head. " Rock having a 

 head," an appropriate term. Com. Sp., pena, high rock. 



37. — La Galee. — The Kel. root gal means "strong, powerful." 



38.— SOUS les COtils M. Naftel.— The furze-brakes above formerly belonged 

 to Mr. Naftel. 



39.— Le douit du rOS.— C. Ros, pr. like the Eng. roe. Fr., roseau, reed; 

 o. Fr. and N. Fr., ros, rosel ; Sw., ror ; Br., radz, raous, reed. This creek 

 is a station for certain juncacece, or rushes ; hence probably the name. 

 The phrase may also have a Kel. origin and signify " little pool." 



40.— Le grand havre.— C. 



41.— L'Hopital.— R. 



42.— Le devaloir.— " Bee du Nez slip." 



43. — Bee du Nez. — C. P. "The point of the nest." Br., bee, point; nez, 



nest ; or possibly " the point of the coot " (sea bird) ; Br., duannez. Some 



suppose that bee here means " a stream." See 1,178. 

 44. — Le Fourehe (or Fourque). — R. The boats are fastened to this rock. 



Br.,fourchein, to project. 

 45.— La piatte.— R. " The flat rock." 

 46. — La grand paret. — R. N. Fr., paret, a term applied to rocks accessible 



from land and. proper for fishing with the rod. 

 47. — La demie du Bee du Nez. — Bee du Nez half tide rock. 

 48.— La fosse a la trie. 



49. — La Touarehiaze. — CI. This cliff lies between Bee du Nez and Le pid 

 du Mur. The word is Kel., meaning "dangerous ground," an appro- 

 priate term, as a large precipice is found there. Br., douar ; W., daiar, 

 daear, ground; com. Ch., daijar = Lat., arvum ; Br., haise, precipice. 



50.— Le pid du Mur.— B. 



51.— Le Vaurouf.— V. A name given to the valley above Le pid du Mur. 

 A Kel. word meaning " the steep valley "; van, valley ; rouf, steep, rough. 



52.— La tete du pid du Mur. 



53.— Les HavretS (or Havres).— A word to which different but appropriate 

 meanings may be assigned. 1. Br., havrec, awrec, waste, uncultivated 

 land. This part of the coast in former times may have been covered with 

 ground. 2. W., afreolaeth, afreolaidd, afreolus, irregular, disorderly. The 

 rocks are heaped up one on the other in disorder. 3. Ger., haverirt, sea 

 damaged ; com. Dan., haveri, damage a ship receives ; Fr., avarie, damage 

 in the conveyance of goods ; Sp., averia ; Port, and It., avaria, from Ar. 

 ''aw&r. 



The furze-brake above is called Feugrel, probably Fr., fougeraie, fern 

 plot, or a Kel. term signifying " sonorous." 



