"Omnes res creatnc sunt diviiipe sa|)jcntia" ct putenti;v teste?, divitiiv felicitatis 

 hmnaiiic: — ex liaruui u.sii bonitas Creatoris; ex pulcliritudine sajneutia Domini ; 

 ex oeconoiiiia in canservatione, proportione, renovatione, ^otentia majestatis 

 elucet. Earuuijitluiue indagfltio ab liominibus sibi relictis semper a?stiiiiata ; 

 a vere eruditfs et sapientibus semper exrultw ; male doetis et barbaris semper 

 inimica fuit." — Linn^us. 



"Quel que soifc le prineipcde la vie nnimale, il ne (kiit qu'oiivrir lesyeux pour 

 voir qu'elle est le dhef-d'eeuvre de la Toiite-pui.ssance, et le but auquel se rappor- 

 tent toutejj ses operations." — ^Biiuckneu, Theorie du St/deme Animal, Leyden, 

 1767. 



The sylvan powei-s 



Obey oujj'euniinons; 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 mount;vin-t]iyme 



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 deeji : 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 imlock their secret stores 



And pay theii' cheerful tribute. 



J. Tavi.or, yvrfHch, 1818. 



