"The word _gent_ seems to be the same word as our German _gante_, and the Scottish _gauntree_; i.e. a _tree_ which forms a stand for barrels, hives, &c. In several parts of Germany, where the culture of bees has, from distant periods, been carried on extensively, the hives are transported from one place to another according to the seasons: now in the forests, when the pine-trees are in flower; now in the fields, when the rape blossoms; then again in the woods, when the heather blossoms; and at last, when winter approaches, in the barn. A tree forms the stand for the bee-hive, and thatch protects it from the rain. Such a tree seems to be the _beócera-gent_. "In an old Glossary, the old high-German word, _gantmari_, is interpreted as _tignarius_ (i.e. _faber tignarius_, a carpenter). This word presupposes another word _gant_, a beam or a rafter, probably equivalent to your Ang.-Sax. _gent_; and thus _beócera-gent_ would be a beam upon which to stand bee-hives." The question still remains, Why was the islet in question called Parva Hibernia? B. WILLIAMS. The Lodge, Hillingdon. _New Zealand Legend_ (Vol. v., p. 27.).--This strange legend reminds me of the fine passage in _Caractacus_, of which I know not whether it is an original conception, or taken from any author:-- "Masters of wisdom! No: my soul confides In that all-healing and all-forming Power, Who, on the radiant day when Time was born, Cast his broad eye upon the wild of ocean, And calm'd it with a glance; then, plunging deep His mighty arm, pluck'd from its dark domain This throne of freedom, lifted it to light, Girt it with silver cliffs, and call'd it Britain; He did, and will preserve it." C. B. _Twenty-seven Children_ (Vol. v., p. 126.).--To E. D.'s Query, "whether there is any well-authenticated instance of a woman having had more than twenty-five children?" something like a reply will be found in the following paragraph, which formed one of a series of "Curious Extracts," in the _Edinburgh Antiquarian Magazine_ (1848):--