"Omues res creatse sunt divinee sapieutite et potentia; testes, divitia; felicitatis 

 humanaj : — ex baruni usu botiifas Creatoris ; ex pulcbritudine sapientia Domini ; 

 ex oeeonoinia in conservatione, proportione, renovatione, potcntia iiiajestatis 

 elucet. Earum itaque indagatio ab boiiiinibus sibi relictis semper jsstimata ; 

 a Tere eruditis et sapientibus semper exeulta ; male doetis et barbaris semper 

 iuimica fuit." — Li.Nxaius. 



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

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

 tent toutes ses operations." — Bkuckkek, Theorie du Systeme Animal, Leyden, 

 1767. 



Tbe sylvan powers 



Obey oiu- summons ; from tbeir deepest dells 



Tlie Dryads come, and throw their garlands wild 



And odorous branches at our feet ; the Nymphs 



That press with nimble step the mountain-thyme 



And purjile heath-flower come not empty-handed, 



But scatter round ten thousand forms minute 



Of velvtt moss or lichen, torn from rock 



Or rifted oak or cavex-n deep : the Xaiads 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 theu' cheerful tribute. 



J. Taylor, Koncich, 1818. 



