" Omnes res creatas sunt divinse sapientise et potentia; testes, divitL-e felicitatis 

 human£6:— exharum usu bonitas Creatoris; ex pulchritiidine sapicntia Domini; 

 ex ceconomia in conservatione, proportione, renovatione, fotentia majestatis 

 elucet. Earum itaque indagatio ab hominibus sibi relictis semper a^stiraata; 

 a vere eruditis et sapientibus semper esculta ; male doctis et barbans semper 

 inimica fuit." — Linn-eus. 



" Quel que soit le principe de la vie animale, il ne faut quouvrir 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."— Bruckner, Theorie du Si/steme 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 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 their cheerful tribute. 



J. Taylor, Norwich, 1818. 



