"Omnes res creata? sunt dirina? sapienfisc et potential testes, divitia; felicitatis 

 himiaiuB : — ex liaruui usu bunitas Creatoris ; ex piilchritudine sapientia Domini ; 

 ex oeconomia in conservatione, proportione, renovatione, potcntia majestatis 

 elucet. Eavinn itaque indagatio ab houiinibus sibi relictis semper ffistimata ; 

 a vere eruditis et sapientibus semper exeulta; male doctis et barbaris semper 

 inimica fiiit." — LiNNiBus. 



" Quel que soit le principe de la vie animale, il ne faut qu'ouvrir les yens pour 

 voir qu'elle est le clief-d'eeuvre de la Toute-puissanee, et le but auquel se rappor- 

 tent toutes ses operations." — Biiuckneu, IVievrie du Sqdeme Ani/ual, Lcyden, 

 1767. 



Tlie sylvan powers 



Obey our summons ; from their deepest dells 



The Dryads come, and throw their garlands wild 



And odorous branches at our feet; the Nymphs 



That press with nimble step the mountain-thyme 



And purple heath-flower come not empty-handed, 



But scatter round ten thousand forms minute 



Of velvet moss or lichen, torn from rock 



Or rifted oak or cavern deep: the Naiads too 



Quit their loved native stream, from whose smooth face 



They ci'op the lily, and each sedge and rush 



That drinks the rippling tide: the frozen poles, 



Where peril waits the bold adventurer's tread, 



The burning sands of Borneo and Cayenne, 



All, all to us imlock their secret stores 



And pay their cheerful tribute. 



J. Tavlor, Norwich, 1818. 



