"Oinnes res (^reatrv sunt divinJB sapientia! et p )tenti;e testes, divitia' fi-liiitatis 

 liumana': — ox Imruni uau fioniias Creator^; ex pulchritiuline Srt^J('e«/'/<( Domini ; 

 e\ oecononiia in conservatione, proportione, ronovatione, potcntia niajestatia 

 olucet. Eanini itaqiie indagatio ab lioniinibiis sibi relictis semper ffstimata ; 

 a vere eruditis et sapientibus semper excultjv; male doc tis et barbar is semper 

 iniinitvi fiiit." — Lin N.EOS. 



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

 voir quVlle est le elief-d'oeuvre de la Toute-ijuissanee, et le but auquel se rappcir- 

 tent toutps ses O])erations." — BitrcKNEit, Theorie ihi Sjsteme Animal, Lejden, 

 17(17. 



Tlio sylvan powers 



Obey our summons ; from tlieir deepest dells 



The Dryads eome, and throw their garlands wild 



And odorous branches at our feet; the Nyuiphs 



That pi'ess with nimble step the mountain-thyme 



And purple heatli-flower come not empty-handed, 



But scatter round ten thousand forms minute 



Of velvet moss or lichen, torn from rock 



Or rifted oak or aivern 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 waifs the bold adventurer's tread, 



Tiie burning sands of Borneo and Cayenne, 



All, all to us unlock their secret stores 



And ]iay tlieir cheerful tribute. 



J. TxYLon, Nuruich, 1818, 



