"Omnes res create sunt divinse sapientirc et potentiaj testes, clivitins felieitatis 

 humaniie : — ex harum usu bonitas Creatoris ; ex pulchritudine sapientia Domini ; 

 ex oeconomia in conservatione, proportione, renovatione, fotcntia niajestatis 

 elucet. Earum itaque inclagatio ab hominibus sibi relictis semper ajstiniata ; 

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

 inimica fuit." — LinnjEus. 



"Quel que soit le principe de la vie animale, il no f'aut qu'ouvrir lesyeux pour 

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

 tent toutes ses operations." — Brucknek, Theuric du Si/steme 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 : tlie 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: tlie frozen poles. 



Where peril waits the bold adventurer's tread, 



The burning sands of Borneo and Cayenne, 



All, all to us unlock their seci'et stores 



And pay their cheerful tribute. 



J. Taylor, NorwicJi, 1818. 



ALERE a FLAMMAM. 



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