"Omnes res civatti; sunt divinse sapient i£e et potentue testes, diritije felicitalis 

 Liiniann; : — ex lianiui usu boniias Creatoris ; ex pulchritudine sapientia Domini ; 

 ex oeconomia in conservatiane, propoj-tione, renovatione, potcntia majestatis 

 elucet. Earmn itaque indiigatio ab honiinibus sibi relictis semper testimata ; 

 a Tore eruditis et /sapientibus semper exculta ; male doctis et barbaris semper 

 iuimicrt fuit." — Li^n/bus. 



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

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

 tent toutes ses operations." — Bijucknek, Theorie du Si/steme Animal, Leydeii, 

 1767. 



Tlie .sjlvau powers 



Obey our smntnons; from their deepest dells 



Tlie 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 come not empty-handed, 



But scatter round ten thousand forms minute 



Of velvet moss or lichen, torn from rock 



Or rilted oak or cavern deep: the Naiads too 



Quit their loved native stream, from whose smootli fae® 



They crop the lily, and each sedge and rush 



That drinks the rippling tide: the frozen poles. 



Where peril waits the bold adventurer's treiid. 



The burning sands of Borneo and Cayenne, 



All, all to us unlock their secret stores 



And pay tlieir cheerful tribute. 



J. Tavlor, Xonrich, ISIS. 



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