"Omnes res create sunt divinre sapientise et potentioe testes, divitiae felicitatis 

 humanse : — ex harum usu bonitas Creatoris ; ex pulcbritudine sapientia Domini ; 

 ex ceconomia, in conservatione, proportione, renovatione, potentia majestatis 

 elucet. Earura itaque indagatio ab hominibus sibi relictis semper sestimata ; 

 a vere eruditis et sapientibus semper exculta; male doctis et bar baris semper 

 inimica fait." — Linnaeus. 



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

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

 tent toutes ses operations." — Bruckner, Tkeorie du Systeme Animal, Leyden, 

 1767. 



Tbe sylvan powers 



Obey our summons; from tbeir 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. 



