"Omnes res creatjr sunt diviiifp snpientine et prttentiiv? testes, diviti.T felicitatifl 

 liiiiiinna;: — ex liaruin usu (iniiilas Creatoris; ex pulcliritucline sapientia Domini ; 

 CK oecono'iiia in conservntionc, projiortione, reiiovatione, poteiitia iiiajestatis 

 elucet. Eitniiu itnqiie iiidagatio ab lioininibus sibi relictis semper a^stimata ; 

 a vere oruditis et sapientibus semper exculta ; male doctis et barbaris semper 

 inimicn fiiit." — Linnaeus. 



" Quel que soil le priiici|ie de la vie animale. il ne faut qu'ouvrir les yeux pour 

 voir quVlle est le clief-d'oeuTre de la Toute-pnissaiice, el le but auquel se rappor- 

 tent toutes ses operations." — Buucknek, lltiorie du Si/sthne Animal, Leydeii, 

 17G7. 



'J'be sylvan powers 



Obey our summoJis ; from their deepest dells 



The Drvads come, and tlirow their garlands wild 



And odorous branches at our feet ; the Nymphs 



That press with nimble step the mountain-thyme 



And purple heath-tlower 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 cro\> the lily, and each sedge and rush 



That drinks the ri]ipling 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. T.AYr.OR, Noruich, 1818. 



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