"Omnes res creatae sunt divinss sapientiae et pof^ntiie testes, divitiae felicitatis 

 Iniiiiana': — ex Imriini usu iowj/rt*- Crcatoris; ex pulfliritiidine ««/>?>«<*<» Domini; 

 ex oecononiiii in conservatione, proportione, reiiovatione, potaitia majcstatis 

 elucet. Eanini itaque indagatio ab lioniinibus sibi relictis semper KStiiimta ; 

 k vere eruditia et sapitatibus semper excidta; male doctis et barbaris semper 

 ininiica fuit." — Linnaeus. 



" Quel que soit le principe de la vie animale, il ne faut qu'ouvrir lea yenx pour 

 voir qu'elle est le chef-d'ueuvi-e de la Toute-puissanoe, et le but auqucl se rappor- 

 tent toutes ses op6wtions." — Eiiuckskk, lliiorie du Sj/ntime Anitnal, Leydeu, 

 1767. 



The sylvan powers 



Obey our summons ; from their deepest dells 



The Dryads cqmo, and throw their garlands wild 



And odorobs 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 teu 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 



Tliey crop the lily, and each sedge and rush 



That drinks the ri))pling tide: the frozen poles. 



Where peril waits tiie bold adventurer's tread, 



The burning sands of Borneo and Cayenne, 



All, all to us unlock their secret stores 



And pay tlieir cheerful tribute. 



J. Taylor, Norwich, 1818. 



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