"Omnes res crentiv sunt divintc snpioiitin? 6t potentire testes, divitia? felicitatis 

 luiiimna> : — ex Imriuii iisii lionitas Creatoris; ex pulcliritudinc sapientia Domini ; 

 ex oecononiiii in conservatione, proportione, rciiovatione, 2^oteiitia niajcstatis 

 eluoet. Earum itaqiie iiidagatio ab hoiiiiiiibiis sibi relictis semper a?8tiinata ; 

 k Ter6 eruditis et sapientibus semper exculta; mal^ doctis et barbaris semper 

 inimics fuit." — Linnaus. 



" Quel que soit le principc 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 rappor- 

 tent toutes ses operations." — Buucknek, Thiorie du Sijsthne Animal, Leyden, 

 17G7. 



Tlie sylvan powers 



Obey our summons ; from their deepest dells 



The Dryatls come, and throw their garlands wild 



And odorous branches at our feet ; the Nymphs 



Tliat press with nimble step the mountain-thyme 



And purple heath-flower come not empty-handed. 



But scatt<?r 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 



Tliey crop the lily, and each sedge and rush 



That drinks the rippling tide: the frozen poles, 



Where peril waits the bold adventurer's tread, 



Tlie burning sands of Borneo and Cayenne, 



All, all to us unlock their secret stores 



And pay their cheerful tribute. 



J. Taylor, Norwich, 1818. 



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