•' Omnes res creatae sunt divinae sapientiae et potentise testes, divitiae felicitatis 

 humanae : — ex harum usu honitas Creatoris ; ex pulchritudine sapientia Domini ; 

 ex ceconomiain conservatione, proportione, renovatione, potentia majestatis elucet. 

 Earum itaque indagatio ab hominibus sibirelictis semper aestimata; & ver6 eruditis 

 et sapientibus semper exculta ; mal6 doctis et barbaris semper inimica fuit." — 



LiNNiEUS. 



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

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

 toutes ses operations." — Bruckner, Theorie du Systdme Animal, Leyden, 1767. 



The sylvan powers 



Obey our summons ; from their deepest dells 



The Dryads come, and throvsr 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 rifted oak or cavern deep : the Naiads too 



Quit their loved native stream, from whose smooth face 



They crop the lily, and each spdge 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 their cheerful tribute. 



J. Taylor, Norwich, 1818. 



FLAMMAM. 



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