" Onirics res creatae sunt divince sapientia; et potentiw testes, divitia? felicitatis 

 humana; : — ex harum usu bonitas Creatoris ; ex pulchritudine sapientia Domini ; 

 ex oeconomia in conservatione, proportione, renovatione, poientia majestatis 

 elucet. Earum itaque indagatio ab hominibus sibi relictis semper astiniata ; 

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

 inimica fiiit." — Linn/Eus. 



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

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

 tent toutes ses operations." — Brccknek, T/ieorie (hi Si/sfeme Animal, Leyden, 

 1767. 



The 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 nhnble step the mount;iin-tliyme 



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 ]iay their cheerful tribute. 



J. Tavi.or, Norwich, 1818. 



ALKRB ft FLAM MAM. 



