"Oaines i*es creatse sunt divinse sapieutiie et potentiiu testes, divitiie felicitatis 

 huinante : — ex harum usu honitas Creatoris ; ex piilcliritudine sapientia Domini ; 

 ex ceconomia in conservatione, proportione, renovatione, potcntia majestatis 

 clucet. Earum itaque indagatio ab liominibus sibi relictis semper a^stiinata ; 

 a vere eruditis et sapientibus semper esculta ; male doctis et bai-baris semper 

 inimica fuit." — Linn.eus. 



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

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

 tent toutes ses operations." — BiicciCNEit, Tkeuric dit Sj/stemc AniiHcd, Leyden, 

 1767. 



The sylvan powers 



Obey our summons ; from their deepest dells 



The Dryads come, and throw tlieir garlands wikl 



And odorous branches at our feet ; the Nymphs 



That press with nimble step the momitain-thyme 



And purple heath-flower come not em]3ty-handed, 



But scatter round ten thou,sand forms minute 



Of velvet moss or liclien, 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 tlieir cheerful tribute. 



J. Taylok, jS'ortcicfi, 1818. 



