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(The following poem, by Thomas Bracken, descriptive of a scene which no visitor to Dunedin should omit to view, is inserted here as a fitting introduction to the more prosaic description of Dunedin's picturesque surroundings).

Go, trav'ler, unto others boast Of Venice and of Rome; Of saintly Mark's majestic pile, And Peter's lofty dome; Of Naples and her trellised bowers; Of Rhineland far away:— These may be grand, but give to me Dunedin from the Bay.

A lovely maiden seated in A grotto by the shore; With richest crown of purest green That virgin ever wore; Her snowy breast bedecked with flowers And clustering ferns so gay,— Go, picture this, and then you have Dunedin from the Bay.

A fairy, round whose brilliant throne Great towering giants stand, As if impatient to obey The dictates of her wand; Their helmets hidden in the clouds, Their sandals in the spray— Go, picture this, and then you have Dunedin from the Bay.