Part 30 (2/2)
”Have we to pa.s.s all that legion of rocks?”
”No; we have left it to the sou'-south-east. It is behind us.”
And the Guernsey pa.s.senger continued:
”Big and little rocks together, the Grelets have fifty-seven peaks.”
”And the Minquiers forty-eight,” said the other.
The dialogue was now confined to the St. Malo and the Guernsey pa.s.senger.
”It strikes me, Monsieur St. Malo, that there are three rocks which you have not included.”
”I mentioned all.”
”From the Deree to the Maitre Ile.”
”And Les Maisons?”
”Yes; seven rocks in the midst of the Minquiers.”
”I see you know the very stones.”
”If I didn't know the stones, I should not be an inhabitant of St.
Malo.”
”It is amusing to hear French people's reasonings.”
The St. Malo man bowed in his turn, and said:
”The Savages are three rocks.”
”And the Monks two.”
”And the Duck one.”
”_The_ Duck; this is only one, of course.”
”No: for _the_ Suarde consists of four rocks.”
”What do you mean by the Suarde?” asked the inhabitant of Guernsey.
”We call the Suarde what you call the Chouas.”
”It is a queer pa.s.sage, that between the Chouas and the Duck.”
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