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"Omiies res creatie sunt diviiisc sapientiie et potentia; testes, divitiiv felicitatis 

 liiiinnmL-: — ex harnm usu houitas Creatoris; ex pulchritudine sapienila Domini ; 

 ex oeconomia in conseryatione, proportions, renovatione, potaitia niajestiitis 

 elucet. Earuin ituque indagatio ab hominibus sibi relictis semper lestimata ; 

 k rere erudifcis et sapientibus semper excnlta; male doetis et barbaris semper 

 iuiniicii fiiit." — Linn^us. 



"Quel que soit le priiicipede la vie animale, il ne faut qu'ouyrir lesyeux pour 

 voir qii'elle est le chef-d'ueiivre de la Toute-puissance, et le but auquel se rappor- 

 teiit toutes ses operations." — Bkucknek, Tkiorie du Sj/steme Animal, Leyden, 

 1767. 



Tlie sylvan powers 



Obej our summons; from their deepest dells 



The Dryads come, and throw their garlands 



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 .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 their cheerful tribute. 



J. Tavi-or, Norwich, 1818. 



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