"Ointies res ere.at;^ sunt divinre sapient-ire et potenti;^ testes, divitia; felicitatis 

 liiimanae: — ex liaruni usu honitas Creatoris; ex pulchritudine scvpientia Domini ; 

 ex ceeononiiii in conservatione, proportione, renovatione, potentia majestatis 

 elucet. Eariiin itaque inclagatio ab honiinibiis sibi relictis semper sestimata ; 

 a vere eruditis et sajiientibus semper exoiilta ; male doctis et barbaris semper 

 inimica fuit." — Linnaeus. 



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

 voir qu'elle est le chef-d'oeuvre de la Toute-puissance, et le but auquel se rappor- 

 tent toutes ses operations." — Bhuckneii, TMor'ie du Systeme Aiiimal, Leyden, 

 17G7. 



The svlvan 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 crop 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 unlock their secret stores 

 And pay tlieir cheerful tribute. 



J. Tay[,or, Xonvicli, 1818. 



