332 ANCIENT NAMES OF THE BAYS, ETC. 



989. — La boue Penny. — R. Br., penn, head, summit; dim., pennic ; W., 

 pen, head, top; com. It., penna ; Sp.,jt?efe; Fr., penon, penonceau. Pro- 

 bably " rock having a small head or summit." 



990.— Les Tinees.— R. " Rocks in the form of a tent." Br., tinell. 



991.— Le court Braye.— R. See 865. 



992. — La Salerie. — " The place where salt is amassed." 



993.— La fOSSe Copin.— Copin, black. 



994.— La roque a deux tetes.— R. 



995.— La demie du Goubeau.— R. See 996. 



996. — Goubeau (or Goubo). — R. Br., gou, gaou ; W., gau, false, lie, lying; 

 baut, large, formidable. " Place of lying," hence, no doubt, " deceitful 

 rock." 



997. — La Sardrette. — R. Different meanings are admissible. W., sardd, 

 recumbent; Br., sarr, sea-weed; N. Fr., sarde, bream. 



998.— La boue de la Sardrette.— R. See 997. 



999.— La boue Gosselin.— R. 



1,000.— La Blanche Roque.— R. " The white rock." 



1,001. — La roque Saint Julien. — R. "St. Julian's Rock." 1,000 and 

 1,001 may be said practically no longer to exist,' as the White Rock pier 

 is built over them. I have inserted them to make the list as complete as 

 possible. 



1,002.— Le Havre de Saint Pierre Port.— "St. Peter Port Harbour." 



SARK. 



The Fr. form of the word Sark = Scrcq, seems to signify " a tomb or grave ;" 

 Br., serc'h ; com. o. Fr., sercus, and Fr., cercueil. 



1,003. — Le Creux (Harbour). — So called from the subterraneous passage in 

 the locality. Before the piercing of the tunnel, the bay was called " La 

 Baie de la Motte." 



1,004. — La falaise a genee. — CI. Cytisus scoparius, broom, grows on the 

 top of this cliff. Fr., genet ; hence the name. 



1,005. — Le Robinet. — Possibly rohinec, a Br. word signifying " rocky." 

 1,006. — Les Laches.— CI. R. — A Kel. word. "Dangerous." Br., lasa, to 

 kill ; lazarez, killing, massacre ; W., llddd, to kill ; com. Lat., let hum. 



1,007. — La boue au Moigne. — R. Br., moan, narrow, small; moanoc'h, 

 smaller; moanaa, to make narrower; W., man, small, little; Br., mm, a 

 point that gets narrower and hence difformed. 



1,008.— Le Four.—" Hollow." 



1,009.— La Moie des Laches.— See 1,006. 



1,010.— La boue de la pierre Carre.— R. See 1,011. 



1,011. — La pierre Carre. — R. Carre is a family name in Sark ; in this case, 

 however, Carre may have a Kel. origin, meaning "a rock." Br., carree, 

 karrek, a rock in the sea ; "W., careg, stone ; caregog, full of stones ; caregu, 

 to become stone ; Ar., gachra, a rock ; Ir., carrigh, a rock ; carraicc, strong ; 

 Heb., karrach, rocky, stony. 



1,012. — Le Creux a Aplais. — Lit. "the hole which has been formed or 

 worked out for that purpose." Com. ap, in aptitude. 



1,013. — Le platon a Mole. — Perhaps a corruption of Br., amheol, ameol, 



deprived of the light of the sun. 

 1,014. — Le CreUX Malzar. — "The white hole." Br., malzar, white, also 



snow-flake. 



