"Omnes res creatae sunt divinae sapientise et potentise testes, divitias felicitatis 

 hunianaj : — ex barum usu bonitas Creatoris ; ex pulcbritudine sa]3ientia Domini ; 

 ex oeconomia in conservatione, projiortione, renovatione, fotentia majestatis 

 elucet. Earuni itaque indagatio ab boniinibus sibi relictis semper restiraata ; 

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

 iuimica fuit." — LiNNiEus. 



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

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

 tent toutes ses operations." — Bkuckneii, TMoric du St/steme Animal, Leyu^u, 

 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 euipty-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 inilock their secret stores 



And pay tlieir cheerful tribute. 



J. Tavlor, Norwich, 1818. 



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ALERE I FLA MM AM. 



