" Omncs res creatae sunt divinse sapientia; et potentia; testes, divitiic felicitatis 

 humana; : — ex harum usu honitas Creatoris ; ex pulchritudinc mpientia Domini ; 

 ex CGconomia in conservatione, proportione, renovatione, potcntia majestatis 

 elucct. Earum itaque indagatio ab hominibus sibi relictis semper a-stimata ; 

 a verc eruditis et sapientibus semper exculta; male doctis et barbar is semper 

 inimica fuit." — Linnaeus. 



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

 voir qu'elle est le clief-d'eeuvre de la Touto-puissance, et lebut auquel se rappor- 

 teut toutes ses operations." — Bruckneu, Theorie du Systeme Animal, Leyden, 

 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 eome 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, 



Tlie burning sands of Borneo and Cayenne, 



All, all to us unlock their secret stores 



And pay their cheerful tribute. 



J. Taylor, Nortvich, 1818. 



