"No, my children," said Oseba, "b-i-g, does not spell 'great,' and any Zelanian who is caught howling for 'population' should be compelled to 'shout' for the whole crowd until he goes 'broke,' and has to hunt a billet to enable him to buy a beer and a bun. The desirable cannot be bribed--others should not be wanted." [Illustration: THE MAORI MAID OF ROTORUA. Did you ever see Maggie of Rotoru'? You would never imagine what she can do For the mouths of hell, With a magic spell, This little brown maid-- As I have said-- Will lead you over, and under and through. This little brown damsel of Rotoru' Will laugh at the fates, and smile at you. Like a fairy dream, Through the caldron's steam, In gleeful wit. She'll gaily flit-- Yet careful, stranger, how you pursue. With this little brown maid of Rotoru' You scramble and gaze and wonder, too. You stand appalled, Your soul's enthralled, For scenes so weird, Have here appeared-- You wonder if h---- isn't bursting through. * * * * * While much of this danger, my friends, is sham God tempers the winds to the little shorn lamb. But wild Nature raves In dark hidden caves, And 'tis romance, you know, To Roto' you go, So leave some "memory" in Maggie's palm.] Here, Leo Bergin, with a deep love for Zelania, "pimples out into poetry"--"on his own," as follows:-- ZELANIA'S GREETING. Zelania's stores are rich in wine, Zelania's air is sweet with flowers, Zelania's sons are rich in kine, Zelania's maidens wile the hours, 'Mid scenes of matchless beauty. Zelania's valleys waive with grain, Zelania's hills are white with sheep, Zelania's sons are skilled in gain, Zelania's maidens ever keep The path that leads to duty. Zelania's crown is rich and rare, Zelania's laws are wise and free, Zelania's sons and daughters care, Zelania's door to ever see Swung open wide, and then-- Zelania speaks across the seas, Zelania calls in welcome voice, Zelania sends by every breeze Zelania's greeting to the choice-- Of earth's deserving men. Well, that is as refreshing as it is novel. Mr. Oseba and Leo are both right, and I say, "Well done!" for a popular gentleman of old said: "He that provideth not for his own household has denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel," and if this was Paul, he was not far "beside" himself on this occasion.