"Omties res creatne sunt divinse sapientiffi ct potentitc testes, divitia; felicitatis 

 Limiante : — ex baruin usu boniias Creatoris ; ex pulchritudine sapient ia Domini ; 

 ex oeconomiii in conservatione, proportione, renovatione, potentia niajestatis 

 elucet. Earum itaque indagatio ab hominibus sibi relictis semper a'Stimata ; 

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

 inimica fiiit." — Linn^us. 



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

 voir qii'elle est le elief-d'ecuvre de la Toute-puissance, et le but auquel se I'appor- 

 tent toutes ses Oi">erations." — BitucKNEu, Thioric du St/steme Animal, Leyden, 

 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 lieath-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 imlock their secret stores 



And pay tiieir clieerful tribute. 



J. TAYr,on, Noru'ich, 1818. 



FLAJ.■MA^f. 



