" Omnes res crcatflp sunt divinoe sapioiitia' et pt.'tenti;v testes, divitirc felicitatis 

 liiimnnne : — ex Imruiii iisu /loiiilas Creatoris ; ex pulelwitudino sapientia Domini ; 

 ex oeeononiia in conservatione, proportione, renoratione, potenfia majestatis 

 elucet. Earum itaqiie indagatio ab honiinibus sibi relictis semper aestimata ; 

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

 inimics fuit." — LiNNiBCS. 



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

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

 tent toutes ses operations." — Bruckneu, Thioric du S'/.ifhiW Animal, Levden, 

 17(57. 



Tlie sylvan powers 



Obey our summons ; from their deepest dells 



The DrvTwls eome, and throw tlieir garlands wild 



And odorous branches at our feet ; the Nymphs 



That press with nimble step the mountain-thyme 



Aiid purple heath-flower come not empty-handed, 



But scatter round ten thou.sand 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 crojj tlie lily, and each sedge and rush 



That drinks the rippling tide : the frozen poles, 



Wliere peril waits the bold adventurer's tread, 



The burning sands of Borneo and Cayenne, 



All, all to us unlock their secret stores 



And pay tlieir cheerful tribute. 



J. Taylor, Nonrirh, 1818. 



