" Oinnes res creata? sunt divinse sapientiae et potential testes, divitia; felicitatis 

 humanae : — ex harum usu bonitas Croatoris ; ex pulcliritudine sapientia Domini ; 

 ex oeconomia in conservatione, proportione, renovatione, potcntia raajestat.is 

 elucot. Earum itaque indagatio ab hominibus sibi relictis semper a?stimata ; 

 a vere eniditis et sapient ibus semper exculta; male doctis et barbaris semper 

 inimica fuit." — Lixx.eus. 



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

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

 tent toutes ses operations." — Bruckner, Tkeorie du Sffsteme Animal, Leyden, 

 1767. 



The sylvan powers 



Obey our summons ; from their deepest dells 



The 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 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 adventm-er's tread. 



The burning sands of Borneo and Cayenne, 



All, all to us unlock their secret stores 



And pay their cheerful tribute. 



J. Taylor, Norvich, 1818. 



