The Gael. _abhach_, blithe, sportive, would seem to give a better etymon for the bright waters of Avoca. Whether the OCKER of Germany (ant. OBOCRA, OVOCRA, OVOKARE), may be derived from the same word I do not know sufficient to judge. From the Gr. βρέμω, Lat. _fremo_, Ang.-Sax. _bremman_, to roar, Old Norse _brim_, roaring or foaming of the sea, Welsh _ffrom_, fuming, Gael. _faram_, din, I take the following. The following description given by Strabo[62] of the Pyramus shews the appropriateness of the derivation. "There is also an extraordinary fissure in the mountain, (Taurus), through which the stream is carried.... On account of the winding of its course, the great contraction of the stream, and the depth of the ravine, _a noise, like that of thunder, strikes at a distance on the ears of those who approach it_." 1. _England._ The FROME. Five rivers. The FRAME. Dorsetshire. _Germany._ BRAM(AHA) or BREM(AHA), 9th cent., a stream in Odenwald. PRIMMA, 9th cent. Near Worms. The PRÜM in Prussia. _Denmark._ The BRAM(AUE) in Holstein. _Italy._ FORMIO ant. in Venetia. _Asia Minor._ PYRAMUS ant., now the Jihun. 2. _With the ending t._ _Germany._ The PFREIMT in Bavaria. 3. _With the ending nt._ _Germany._ PREMANTIA, 9th cent., now the PRIMS. 4. _With the ending es._ _Greece._ PERMESSUS ant. Bœotia. In the Gael. _fuair_, sound, _faoi_, a noisy stream, we may perhaps find the origin of the FOWEY in Cornwall, and of the FOYERS in Inverness, the latter of which is noted as forming one of the finest falls in Britain. From the Gael. _gaoir_, din, we may derive the GAUIR in Perthshire; and from _toirm_ of the same meaning, perhaps the TERMON in Ulster. Hence might also be the TROME and the TRUIM, elsewhere derived at p. 70. From the Gael. _durd_, _durdan_, Welsh _dwrdd_, humming or murmur, Lhuyd derives the name DOURDWY, of some brawling streams in Wales; but quoting the derivations of some other writers, he adds, with more humility than authors generally possess--"Eligat Lector quod maxime placet." To the same origin may probably also be referred the DOURDON in France, Dep. Seine-Inf. FOOTNOTES: [62] Bohn's Translation. CHAPTER IX. JUNCTION OR SEPARATION OF STREAMS.