•'Omues res creata sunt divinee sapientias et potentiic testes, divitite felicitatis 

 huniana) : — ex bariim usu honitas Creatoris ; ex pulcbritudine sapientia Domini ; 

 ex oeconomia iu conservatione, proportione, renoTatione, potcntia iiiajestatis 

 elucet. Eariiin itaque indagatio ab boiiiinibus sibi relictis semper astiiuata ; 

 a vere eniditis et sapientibiis semper exeulta ; male doetis et barbaris semper 

 iuimica fuit." — Li.nn^us. 



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

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

 tent toutes ses operations." — Bkuckneii, Thiorie 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 Xymphs 



That press with nhnble stejj the niomitain-thynie 



And purple 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 cavern 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 their cheerful tribute. 



J. T.WLOR, Korti'ich, 1818. 



