"Oinnes res creatiB sunt diviiia; sapientire et poteiitiiu testes, divititt felicitatis 

 bunianaj : — ex Imruin usu boiiitas Creatoris ; ex pulchritudine sapientia Domini ; 

 ex cecononiia in conservatione, proportione, renovatione, potentia niajestatis 

 elucet. Eai-uni itaque indagatio ab honiinibus sibi relictis semper tcstimata ; 

 A Tere eniditis et sapientibus semper eseultu; male doctis et barbaris semper 

 inimica fiiit." — Linx.eijs. 



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

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

 tent toutes ses operations." — Bkuckneu, Theoric dii S^steme Animal, Leyden, 

 1767. 



The sylvan powers 



Obey our summons ; from tbeir 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 empty-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 unlock their secret stores 



And pay their cheerful tribute. 



J. Taylor, Norwich, 1818, 



