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 1,486.— La baie au Fleaume.— See 1,484. 



1,487.— La Tehue.-— P.E. Br., tee'huenn, cliff. N. Fr., tchue, lit, vat, tub. 

 The expression may mean in Fr., " partie reculee." 



1,488.— Ma boue— R. 



1,489.— Rousset.—R. See 349. 



1,490.— Roeque pendante.— R. CI. "The hanging rock." 



1,491. — Queslingue.-R.P. Kel., " Narrow passage." Ques = Fr., gue. 



Ling, narrow. 

 1,492. — Longy Bay. ) Longy seems to be derived from a root meaning 

 Baie d.U Catel. J to engulf . Bv.,Ionca. W., llwnge. Ir., slogigh. 



Com. Heb., luang. The name "Baie du Catel" seems appropriate as 



Essex Castle lies above. 

 1,493.— L'ile au Raz.— I. " The islet of the Race of Alderney." N. Fr., 



raz. Ic., raz, strait with a rapid current. Br., raz, ratz, strait, narrow 



passage with a rough sea. Several of these exist on the coast of La 



Hague as well as on that of Brittany. Raz in Br. has also the meaning 



of a sort of lime composed of stones and burnt shells. 

 1,494.— Les Bouffresses.— R. Fr., boufer. Sp., bufar, to swell. See 194, 



284. 

 1,495. — La Retrieve or ) -r> If the word has a Kel. derivation it may 

 Retrieve. j ' mean "motionless." Ret, however, means 



" current that passes over " ; ere is simply rock. 

 1,496.— La Connel.— B. Kel., con, angular. 



1,497.— Blanehard.—R. See 1,264. 



1,498. — Baie du Grounard. — Perhaps " spot where the sea roars." 



N. Fr., grounna'ir. Sp., grunir. It., grugnire. Lat., grunnire. Prove., 



gronhir. Br., greunna, to groan. On the other hand N". Fr., grounard, 



red gurnard, trigla cueulus. 

 1,499. — Brinehetaie (Ledge). — I have seen the word spelt " Brinchetard." 



Br., brene'het, chief, first; eiai, also. Br., bryn, bren, bre, mount, islet. 



W., bre, peak, mount, hill. Br., brln, island. W., bryneyn, clod, little 



hillock. 

 1,500. — Le Houmet Herbe. — R.P. N. Fr., houmet, holm, rock. See 166, 



138, 653, 713. Br., herbe, bitter, dangerous ; jerbe, ierbe, haunt of the 



bird. W., clnoerv, bitter. 



1,501.— Houmet Point— See 1,500. 

 1,502.— St. Esquard Bay.— See 1,503. 



1,503. — Esquard or ) -□ Somewhat obscure, however, quard seems to imply 

 Esquerre. j ' set aside, neglected. ; querre may mean rock. The 



root is found in equervelle or equerbelle, lavouquerre, plaquere. See 200, 296, 



491, 1,272. 

 1,504. — Quesnard Point. — Perhaps der. from given, white ; the latter part 



of the word if Kel. would signify " spot." 



1,505. -Quesnard. j R See lj504> Br>> hehe) ^ overloaded . 



1,506.— Des Rumes or ) R If Kel., the word would signify " hillock," but 



Runes. j ' I am inclined to give it an O. Fr. derivation, 



desroyee, from derotare, desroi, dessaroi, to irritate, upheave, confuse. 



O. Fr., " La mer desroyee.'''' "The furious sea." O. Fr., desruement, 



hasty movement. Com. N. Fr., deruma'ir. Deruner is used in Calvados. 



1,507.— Smuggler's Creek. 



1,508. — HomeaUX Florains. ) -d N. Fr., homeaux, pi. of houmet, see 1,500. 

 Liverpool Rock. ) ' This islet was at one time covered with 

 wild flowers before the Fort was built. The Liverpool was wrecked on the 

 rock in 1902. 



