"Omnes res ereatac sunt divinae sapientite et potentiae testes, divitiie felicitatis 

 humanaj : — ex barum iisu bonitas Creatoris ; ex pulchritudine sapiejitia Domini ; 

 ex oecononiia in conservatione, proportione, renovatione, potentia majestatis 

 elucct. Earura itaque indagatio ab bominibus sibi relictis semper ajstimata ; 

 k vero eruditis et sapient ibu.s semper excidta; male doctis et bai-baris semper 

 iniraica fuit." — Linnaeus. 



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

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

 tent toutes ses operations." — Bkucknek, Th6oric du Si/steme Animal, Leyden, 

 1767. 



Tlie sylvan powers 



Obey our summons ; from tbeir deepest dells 



'I ho Dryads come, and throw their garlands wild 



And odorous branches at our feet; the jS'ympbs 



Tliat 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 de^p : 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, 



Tlie burning sands of Boraeo and Cayenne, 



All, all to us unlock tlieir secret stores 



And pay their cheerful tribute. 



J. Taylor, Norwich, 1818. 



