306 ANCIENT NAMES OF THE BAYS, ETC. 



144.— La vallette a g'rsille.— v. 

 145.— Le grand eoti.— Cl. 

 146.— La vallette a l'epine.— v. 



147. — Le bee au muiSSOIl. — E. P. This rock is surmounted by an aperture. 



148.— Les GiffretS.— C. Kel., " joyous place." 



149.— L'Hopital.— R. 



150.— Le Havre de Saint.— B. " Saints' Bay." 



151.— La POque du Port.— R. This rock lies within the bay. 



152. — Les Haises. — R. W , hais, what is full of points. The word may 



mean " rocks where sacrifices used to be offered "; Br., haise, precipice. 

 153. — Le Canuet. — Cl. Kel., ''the place of combat," or "the place of 



154.— La petite Elingle.— -R. Kel., (1) caution; (2) arm's length, cubit, 

 rock formed like the elbow ; Br., elin, ilin, elbow ; W., elin, angle, elbow ; 

 Ir., illigh, elbow; com. G-r., klino ; Lat., inclino. 



155.— La grande Elingle. — R. See 154 These two rocks lie within "Le 

 Canuet." 



156. — La boue du Banquet. — R. Banquet, a word of Kel. origin = rest. 



157. — La longue pointe, or ^ p Longue, a Kel. word signifying "to 

 La pointe de la longue. / " engulph"; Br., lonca ; W., llwngc, to 

 engulph, absorb ; com. Heb., lua, to swallow; Ir., sloggigh. It must be 

 noted, too, that the W. word Hong, and the Ir. word lotting, mean "a 

 ship. ' ' The keel of a ship is immersed in the water, and this point of 

 land slopes down gradually until it is ingulfed in the water. 



158. — L'Etoere. — R. According to others VEtacre. Etacre may signify 

 "strong stack or heap "; Br., fare, ere, strong, also rock ; tas, heap. On 

 the other hand, etacre, to loosen, slacken ; etocre, to confine, compress. 



159.-Le petit Etoere. ) R See 78 79 158 Etocrimx , pl . of kocre -, 

 Les petits etocrieux. ) * * 



160.— Le Pieouais.— R. See 102. 



161. — Les Terpi. — R. Br., terpi, limit; W., terfyn, limit. 

 162. — La Sevee. — B. " Elevation, station, harbour." Br., saw, sao, eleva- 

 tion, station ; sevell, to elevate, raise ; Heb., sa, elevation. 



163. — La Carree. — R. Kel., generally "a rock at sea"; Br., karrek, rock 

 washed by the sea or contiguous to the sea ; com. W., carreg, stone. 



164. — Le MacheriO d'Amont. — R. Br., mac' ha, to press, shatter, smash, 

 crush, overwhelm. A word allied to the Heb., maltha, to strike, and 

 mahahh, to do away with, cause the loss of ; com. Fr., mdcher ; Sp., majar. 

 Undoubtedly " dangerous rock," or perhaps " chief rock." See 273. 



165.— La Pequeresse.— R. Supposed by many to signify "a place con- 

 venient for fishing," from N. Fr., pequer ; Fr., pecker, to fish. The word, 

 however, may be Kel., meaning " attached, united." See 547, 748, 1,152. 



166. — Le Homet (Houmet). — R. N. Fr., houmet, rock; Sw., holm, islet. 

 See note on Castle Cornet (1). 



167 # — La Chantres. — R. "Rest." Br., chan, echan, achan, rest. 



168.— Le MacheriO d'Aval.— R. See 164. Aval, lower ; amont, higher. 



The latter word is Kel. 

 169.— Les pierres d'Icart.— R. Br., cart, protection ; lit., " its protection." 



See 1,032. 



170.— Le chateau d'leart.— See 169. 



171.— Le Havre de la Gallic— C. The Kel. root gal means " powerful, 

 hardened." 



