318 ANCIENT NAMES OF THE BAYS, ETC. 



518.— La earriere Pierre De Garis.— R. 



519.— Les fours.— R. "Hollow." 



520.— Le roeher Collas du Mont.— R. 



521. — Le roeher du Ruet. — R. Perhaps corrupted from turia = duria, 



rising ground, or ruet = perhaps rue, stream. 

 522. — Les Pallaks. — R. Kel. "Pieces, fragments." Br., pellkas, pellcas, 



remains of a vessel that has been wrecked ; pell, far, cass, driven. 



523.— La grande boue de la Selle.— R. See 451. 



524. — Bourbon. — R. " The spot where the sea throws up mire." 



525.— Chaufflnerie.— R. 

 526.— La Gravette.— R. 

 527.— Gravier.— R. 

 528.— Le noir roeher.— R. 



529. — La tete des NormandS.— R. Br., morman, navigator. 



530.— Le roeher de la vieille rue.— R. 



531. — L'Ectivain. — R. Kel. "Hollow rock," "rocky house." Br.,entivam. 

 532. — Le Tuzet. — R. Br., tuzwm, compact, heavy, also blunt at the point; 

 teuzet, open, split. 



533.— La boue du Tuzet.— R. See 532. 

 534.— La tete de la piece Robert.— R. 

 535.— La tete du Coude.— R. 

 536.— La tete de la neuve piece.— R. 



537. — Lishroy (orLissroi). — R. Erroneously called "He Charles," Charles 

 island. (Trans, of the Soc. for 1895, p. 49, and Admiralty map.) The 

 pronunciation of He Charles and Lishroi being very much alike has been 

 the cause of the error. The word is evidently Kel., signifying "accu- 

 mulation of wrack and other marine substances. Br. dialect of Vannes, 

 rot/, roi, wrack ; liss, slippery. 



477-537 are situated in the neighbourhood of Rocquaine. 



538. — Lihou. — I- Another Kel. word. "Accumulation of sea mud or 

 mire." Br., li, lee' hit, lehit, leit, sea sediment; W., llwch, llych, dust; 

 Ihjn, lake, pool. In W. Norway = Llychlyn, mud, mire of lakes or pools. 

 A true characteristic of that country. Lihou might be derived from Br. , 

 lydd, ligg, near the water, or in the water. See 230. 



539.— Le niC au Corbin.— P. The N.W. point of Lihou. Br., nich, nic'h, 

 flight. In this case " the flight of the crow." See, however. 517. It is 

 probable that the whole expression is Kel. " The point or part that is 

 bent round. 



540.— Le COl des LihOUmioUX.— P. Br., col, a point broken off or 

 disappearing; W., col, peak; lihoumioux, pi. of lihoumel, dim. of Lihou. 

 See 541. 



541. — Lihoumel. — R. Dim. of Lihou, or " joined, attached to Lihou." Br., 

 mell, melle, mellez, joint ; com. W., cymmal. The latter term is most 

 appropriate. 



542.— Le rouge Lihoumel.— R. See 541. 



543.— La boue du rouge Lihoumel.— R. See 541. 



544.— Les Lihoumioux.— R. See 540. 



545. — Le Coin.— R. "The corner rock." 



546. — L'Etaere. — R. The whistling buoy lies near this rock. The full form 



of the word etacre means to relax, diminish. Mac or eta, however, means 



a mass, heap ; ere, strong, rocky. See 111, 158. 

 547.— La Pequeresse.— R. See 165, Br., pega, attached, united. 



