bruck in German (Innsbruck), and as the English bridge which ends so many place-names (Cambridge, for instance). You have moreover in Normandy many other instances of bec : Caudebec, Bolbec, le Robec, le Bec-Hellouin, Becquerel. It is the Norman form of the German bach , Offenbach, Anspach. Varaguebec, from the old word varaigne , equivalent to warren , preserved woods or ponds. As for Dal,” Brichot went on, “it is a form of thal , a valley: Darnetal, Rosendal, and indeed, close to Louviers, Becdal. The river that has given its name to Balbec, is, by the way, charming. Seen from a falaise ( fels