"Omncs res crcata? sunt divinfe sapiential et potentijv testes, cUvitia^ I'clicitatis 

 huniante : — ex linruni usu bonitas Creatoris ; ex pulchritudino sapientia Domini ; 

 ex CBCononiia in conscrvatione, proportione, renovatione, j)otcntia niajestatis 

 elueet. Eaniin itaque inclagatio ab honiinibus sibi relictis semper wstimata ; 

 a vere eruditis et sapient ibus semper exculta; male doctis et barbaris semper 

 inimica fuit." — Linn.els. 



"Quel que soit le principc do la vie animale, il nc 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." — Bruckner, Theoric clii Si/deme Animal, Leydem 

 1767. 



The sylvan powers 



Obey our summons ; from their deepest dells 



The Di-yads come, and throw their garlands w-ild 



And odorous branches at our feet; the Nymphs 



That press with nimble step the mountain-thyme 



And purple heatli-llower come not empty-handed, 



Eut 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 



Tliey crop the lily, and each sedge and rush 



That drinks the rippling tide: the frozen poles, 



Where peril waits the bold adventm-er's tread. 



The biu-ning sands of Borneo and Cayenne, 



All, all to us unlock their secret stores 



And pay their cheerful tribute. 



J. Taylor, Norwich, 1818. 



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ALEKE A FLAMMAM. 



