ANCIENT NAMES OF THE BAYS, ETC. 337 



1,131.— Les demies de Givaude.— R. See 1,130. 



1,132. — Le Neste. — R. Two meanings are admissible. Br., nez, nest; W., 

 nyth, nest; Br., nes, nested, near to ; W., nes, nearer ; nest, what is com- 

 pact or close ; ncstig, compact; Ger., nechste, nahc, neighbouring, near. 



1,133.— Les boues du Neste.— R. See 1,132. 



1,134. — La Moie Batarde. — R. "The difformed mound." Br., bastard, 

 irregular. 



1,135.— Le ereux es vaehes. 



1,136. — Le Roeher Deve. — R. Br., depi, to burn; W., dcifio, to burn, 

 singe; com. Ir., do, doi ; Gr., daiein ; N. Fr., havi, to burn. 



1,137. — Le Creux du Va. — Undoubtedly Kel. Br., va, my, mine. This 

 view being taken, the expression means "my hole." On the other hand, 

 " du Va " may be a corruption of tnvat = duvat. In the latter case, " du 

 Vat " = lit. staves, and the meaning of the expression is " hole formed 

 like a barrel or needle-case." Another meaning is, perhaps, admissible. 

 Br., tuf, tuv, rock that crumbles into dust. 



1,138.— Les boues du poisson.— R. 

 1,139.— La haute peehe. 



1,111-1,139 lie in the neighbourhood of Brecqhou. 



1,140.— La boue du Gouliot.— R. See 1,109. 

 1,141.— Le Galet de Jacob. 

 1,142.— Le Creux a eormorans. 



1,143. — Le Saujouin. — Called hi some Guide Books " Sault de San Jehan 



or Juan," St. John's leap. I incline nevertheless to a Kel. derivation. 



Br., sau, so, high; con = jcon, foam; cona, to foam ; W., ewyn, foam; 



cwynnn, to foam ; eicyngant, surge on a beach. The meaning seems to 



be " high foam." 

 1,144.— Le Creux a Meehe.— " The breaker." Br., mec'ha. 



1,145.— Le ereux a Benarde.— Perhaps "the cavity of the cut stone." 

 Br., Una, to hew stones, to cut ; W., benaf, to cut. On the other hand, 

 bcnn, pen//, head ; arde, hard. " The hard stone or head." 



1,146.— La petite Moie Mouton, or \ Qqq -, -, , 7 



du Mouton. 



1,147. — La grosse Moie Mouton. — In former times sheep used to graze on 

 this rock. Hence the name. 



1,148.— Les boues de la Moie Mouton. 

 1,149.— La eave de la Moie Mouton. 

 1,150.— Le port a la Jument.— B. 



1,151. — La terre au Sieu. — No doubt corrupted from some Kel. term. 

 Br., tarz, cleft, opening; com. Ch., tarad, to force out with violence. 



1,152. — Les Peganne. — B.R. A Kel. word. " Rocks connected together, 

 or among which it is difficult to get through." Br., peg, to adhere, 

 cleave, join; com. ~W.,pyg, pitch; Lat., plx ; Gr., pego, pegnumi, to stick 

 or fix in, make firm or fast in ; Heb., pagah, to join ; San., pac, to bind ; 

 Ju&t. , pango, to fasten. See 547, 748. 



1,153.^ — Le Tintajeu. — Another Kel. term. " Rocks placed or lying on one 

 another." Br., tinta, to place on a height in a position to fall. 



1,154.— La Platte.— R. "The flat rock." 



1,155.— Les Epieeresses.— R. 



1,156. — Le Port du Moulin.— B. This bay owes its name to the mill which 



formerly existed above. 

 1,157. — Les AuteletS.— R. " Consecrated rocks." 



