•' Oiimes res creatae sunt divinae sapieutiae et potential testes, divitiai felieitati.s 

 luuiiaiia' : — ex liarum usu bonitas Creatoris ; ex pulchritudine sa2Jientia Domini ; 

 ex opconomia in conservatione, proportione, renovatione, potcntia majestatis 

 elucet. Earum itaqiie indagatio ab lioniinibus sibi relictis semper a'stivnata; 

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

 inimica fuit." — Linx-Ecs. 



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

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

 tent toutes ses operations."^BRUCKNER, Thior'w du Sj/sthne Animal, Levden, 

 17G7. 



The sylvan powers 



Obey our summons ; fronr their deepest dells 



The Dryads come, and throw their garlands wild 



And odorous branches at our feet; the Nymphs 



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 lichenjf torn from rock 



Or rifted oak or ca,vern deep : the Naiads too 



Quit their loved native stream, from whose smooth face 



They cro]3 the lily, and each sedge and rush 



That drinks tlie ripjiling tide : the frozen poles, 



Where peril waits the bold adventurer's tread, 



Tlie burning sands of Borneo and Cayenne, 



All, all to us imloek their secret stores 



And pay their cheerful tribute. 



J. Taylor, Norw/cJi, 1818. 



LERE ft FLAMMAM. 



