"Omiies res creatoc sunt divinfc sapientijc et potentiac testes, divitiae felicitatis 

 liiinianiu : — ex liaruiii usii honitas Creatoris ; ex pulchritudine sapientia Domini ; 

 ex CBCononiia in conserratione, proportiono, renovatione, potentia majestatis 

 elucet. Eanim itaque indagatio ab lioiiiinibiis sibi relietis semper asstiraata; 

 k rere eruditis et sapientibus sen)per exculta ; male doctis et barbaris semper 

 inimica fuit." — Linn^us. 



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

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

 tent toutes ses operations." — Bijuckneu, Thiorie du St/steme Animal, Leyden, 

 1767. 



Tlie sylvan powers 



Obey our summons ; from their deepest dells 



Tlie Dryads eome, and throw their garlands wild 



And odorou.s branches at our feet ; the Xymphs 



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 Jfaiads too 



Q»nt 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, 



Wliere peril waits the bold adventui'er's tread, 



The bin-ning sands of Borneo and Cayenne, 



An, all to us unlock their secret stores 



And pay their cheerful tribute. 



J. Taylor, Konvich, 1818. 



