" Oiuncs res creatoe sunt cliviniB sapiential et potentiiB testes, divitioe felicitatis 

 hunianie : — ex barum usu honitas Creatoris ; ex pulchritudine sapientia Domini ; 

 ex oeconomia in eonservatione, proiiortione, renovatione, potentia majestatis 

 olucet. Earuiu itaque indagatio ab honiinibus sibi relictis semper a-stimata ; 

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

 Inimica fuit." — Linn^us. 



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

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

 tent toutes ses operations." — Bhucknek, Thioric du St/steme Animal, Leyden, 

 1767. 



The sylvan powers 



Obey our summons ; from their deepest dells 



The Dryads come, and throve their garlands wild 



And odorous branches at our feet ; the Nymphs 



That press vrith 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. Taylor, Norwich, 1818. 



