"Omnes res creatne sunt diviiiae sapientise et poteiitiye testes, diritia- felicitatis 

 hmiianae: — ex Imruin usu honiias Creatoris; ex pulcliritudine sapientia Domini ; 

 ex ceconomia in conservatione, proportione, renoratione, potentia niajestatis 

 elucet. Eariiin itaque indagatio ab honiinibus sibi rdictis semper sestiniata ; 

 a vere eniditis et sapientibus semper exeulUi ; male doctis etbarbaria semper 

 ininiica luit." — Linn.eus. 



" Quel que soit le priuoipe do la vie animale. il no fi^ut qu'ourrir les Teux pour 

 voir quVIle est le chef-d'eeuvre de la Toute-puissanee, et le but auquel se rappor- 

 tent toutes ses operations." — Buuckner, Thfj'ir'ir du S;/)>teme Animal, Lejrden, 

 17157. 



Tlie svlvaii powers 



Obey our summons ; from tlieir deepest dells 



Tlie Dryads come, and throw tbeir garlands wild 



And odorous branches at our feet ; the Nymphs 



That press with nimble step the mountain-thyme 



And purple heuth-flower come not empty-banded, 



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 f.nce 



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 imlock their secret stores 



And pay tlieii* cheerful tribute. 



J. Tavlor, yoruich, 1818. 



