"Omnes res ereata? sunt divina* sapiential et potential testes, divitia: felicitatia 

 humanaj : — ex harum usu buiiitas Creatoris ; ex pulchritudine sapieiitia Domini ; 

 ex ceconomia in conservatione, proportione, renovatione, potmtia majestatis 

 elucet. Earuni itaque indagatio ab lioininibus sibi relictis semper sestimata; 

 a vere eruditis et sapientibus semper exculta; male doctis et barbaris semper 

 inimica fuit." — T.i.nn.eis. 



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

 voir qu'elle est le chef-d'oeuvre de la Toute-puissance, et lebut auquelse rappor- 

 tent toutes ses operations.'' — Bruckner, Thiorie du Systeme Animal, Leyden, 

 1767. 



The sylvan powers 



Obey our summons ; from their 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 - 



And pay their cheerful tribute. 



J. Taylor, Xorwich, 1818. 



AUiRE I FLA.MMAM. 



