"Oinncs res creatne sunt diviiise sapieiitise et potentiae testes, divitis felicitatis 

 huniana2 : — ex hariun usu honitas Creatoris ; ex pulchritudine sapientia Domini ; 

 ex oeconomia in conservatione, proportione, renovatione, potentia majestatis 

 elucet. Earum itaque indagatio ab liominibus sibi relictis semper aestimata ; 

 a Tere eruditis et sapientibus eeinper exculta ; male doctis et burbaris semper 

 inimica fiiit." — Linx.eus. 



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

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

 tent toutes ses operations." — Bkuckser, Theoric du Systeme Animal, Leydeii, 

 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 liclien, torn from rock 



Or rifted oak or cavern deep : the N'aiads 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, 



WTiere 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. Tavlor, yorwick, 1818. 



FLAMMAM. 



