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remarkable b elniet or cap -like appearance. ' ' Br . , casquet, helm. Another 

 Kel. derivation is possible. Casquet may be a contrast to Renonquet, 

 1564. Br., Kas-kuit or Kas-cuit, contrasted with Eenon-huit. Kas-huit, 

 lit. " to send away," hence to be distant. Renon-Jcuit, lit., to send near, 

 hence to approach. The Casquets are the most distant rocks from the 

 West coast of Burhou and Alderney ; Eenonquet is much closer. The 

 term quet = often Fr., gue, passage, see 1,509. 



1 ' 531 " _ Cok I tt t e. COl0tte ° r } Br -' Ml > lost > hidden ' ^ngerous. 



1,532.— Touraille.—R. 



1,533. — Brequette. — R. Perhaps "vrequette," " covered with sea -weed," 

 or " breaker." Br., frega or vrega. See 1,566. 



1,534.— North Landing. 

 1,535.— Point du Nord. 

 1,536. — Biblet. — R. Br., bib, lit., peppery, hence no doubt, "bitter, 



dangerous." 

 1,537.— L'Etae au Guilmet. — R. This name is found in an ancient map. 



Etac, heap, see 111. Com. also 0. Fr., estaque ; Sp., eslaca ; Ic, stakk (r) ; 



Dan., sta/c; Sw., stack ; Br., gwel, to see, met, solid. Guilmet might be 



intended for Goulmet. Br., goal, coal, "in a border," or "flat." Com. 



W\, ymylu, border; Br., coulm, knot; coulma, to tie, knot. W., cwlm, 



avium, knot. Com. G-k., holuma, obstacle. Br., coulm, pi. coulmet, 



goulmet, pigeon or sea-gull. Com. W., colomen. Lat., columba. Fr., 



colombe. 

 1,538.— Triton.— B. The Trinity boat Triton touched this rock, hence the 



name. 

 1,539. — Billy's Point. — R. One of the keepers of the lighthouse named 



Billy found this point for fishing. 



1,540.— Niekt.—R. 



1,541. — L'Auguiere. \ This word has four different forms. Br., au, 



L'Auquiere. j -r, water, quereh, kereJc, rock, " water rock. " The 



L'Oetiere. I same root appears in Avouquere, see 200, 491. 



Oetiere. ' Br. loc, lok, log. W., Hoc. Lat., locus, spot, 



place. Com. Fr., local. Br., iar, ier, bird. "Bird rock." 



1,542.— Noire.— R. 



1,543.— Stella or Noire.— " The Stella or Black Rock." The spot where the 

 Stella was wrecked on the eve of Good Friday, 1899. 



1,544.— Rock Ledge. 

 1,545.— Petit Havre. 



1,546.— La Faehe.— R. "In front." Sp., facha. It., faccia, from Lat. 

 fades. Com. Fr., face, Eng., face. En facha, N.T., " the wind blowing 

 in front. On the other hand fach is a word of prove, origin and is used 

 in Fr. and Br., in the sense of irritating. In the latter case " a spot 

 where the sea beats furiously." 



1,547.— Little Casquet.— R. See 1,530. 

 1,548.— South Landing. 

 1,549.— Black Prince.— R. 

 1,550.— White Ship. 



1,551. — Fourquere. — R. Perhaps another form of " Fourchie," see 94. 

 The Kel. root, querre, or er, ere, signifies "rock." See 1,503. 



1,552. — L'Equet or | -o "Without passage." It is well known that the 

 Le Quest, j ' Ortac passage is very dangerous and rarely used. 



1,553. — Ortac or ) This large rock, formed like a hay-rick, lies between 

 Ortach. j the Casquets and Alderney. Br., or, hor, ■" our," or 



