302 ANCIENT NAMES OF THE BAYS, ETC. 



54. — La Contre au Marehant. — S. An expression of uncertain origin, 

 perhaps meant for contain marehant, see 672. The spot lies off Dfvette. 

 Marks : ' ' Le Moulin des Monts ' ' open north of Castle Cornet, and the 

 " Vaurouf stream " in a line with " La tete du pid du Mur." Le Moulin 

 des Monts no longer exists ; its place is supplied by the Saumarez obelisk. 



55.— La graine du Creux.— S. A spot lying in the same neighbourhood. 

 La G-rune du Creux (56) is situated within it. Marks : The house situated 

 on the top of the cliff, above " Le Pid du Mur " (50), formerly belonging 

 to Martin Queripel, in a line with the point of land lying just below, and 

 the house situated on Fort Joly in a line with the Terres Point (15) . 



56.— La Grune du Creux.— R. See 55. 



57. — Divette. — B. Br., diverein, divirein, to flow; com. W., dylifo, to flow; 

 adlifo, to flow again. An appropriate term. This inlet is surrounded by 

 rocks, except at a certain spot or opening through which the sea flows in 

 at high water. This interpretation is more correct than that which would 

 derive the word from Br., dlveina, to clear of stones. In the latter case, 

 the opening would have been made by human hands, which is highly 

 improbable. The coast from Bee du Nez to Divette abounds with " inula 

 crithmoides " and " eupatorium Gammonim." 



58.— Le puits de Divette. 

 59.— La tete de Divette. 



60. — La Grune du Divette, or \ This rock is called Gabrielle by the 



La Grune du Bee du Nez, or R. inhabitants of St. Peter-Port, but the 

 La Grabrielle. ) Bee du Nez fishermen give it the two 



former names. Marks for the rock : "La tete du pid du Mur " (52) in a 



line with a certain yellow spot on land, and the Saumarez obelisk open 



west of Castle Cornet. 

 61. — Les Tierres. — R. Possibly Hemes, a Kel. word meaning "chief rocks "; 



Br., tiern ; Ir., tiernigh, chief. 

 62. — Les Bas. — R. Br., has, low, but not deep ; W., bas, shallow, flat, low. 



See 327. 

 63. — Le Suffleur. — R. Perhaps Fr., siffleur, whistler. 

 64 — Les EmontS. — Kel., "to frequent." 

 65. — La Pid SOUS terre. — C. Undoubtedly a corruption of Br., pisocter, 



" the place of witches." 



66.— La petite Tangrueuse.— R. See 67. 



67. — La grande Tangiieuse. — R. A Kel. word signifying either " covered 

 with lichen" or " exposed to the sun." Marks for the rock : La roque 

 au Piegne (36) in a line with the battery in Fermain Bay, and "La 

 Brebis ' ' (68) hi a line with a rock on land which seems to assume a round 

 shape. 



68.— La Brebis, or \ 



Le Mouton, or > R. The rock has three different names. 

 Le Lion. ) 



69. — Le ClOS verrOU. — C. Kel., "herbaceous surrounding"; Br., klos, 

 field : gwer, green. A Bee du Nez fisherman told me that he had seen 

 the cuckoo in a crevice here before its appearance in the spring. This 

 happened more than 40 years ago. On the 28th June, 1881, I saw the 

 bird in this bay for the last time during that season. This may seem to 

 favour the opinion of those who maintain that the cuckoo is not a 

 migratory bird. 



70. — Les Grunettes. — R. Dim. of grune. See 105. 



71. — Le Havre des Canons. — B. A small battery lies above the bay from 

 which the term canons, guns, is derived. 



72. — Le Rieardet. — R. A word of Kel. origin, " small rock." 



