"Omnes res ereata sunt divinse sapient!^ et potential testes, divitia felicitatis 

 humanfe : — ex barum usu honitas Creatoris ; ex pulchritudine sapientia Domini ; 

 ex oeconomia in conservatione, proportione, renovatione, poteniia niajest^itis 

 elucet. Earum itaque indagatio ab lioininibus sibi relictis semper aestiinata ; 

 a vere eruditis et sapientibus semper exculta ; male doctis et barbaris semper 

 iaimica 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 rappor- 

 tent toutes ses operations." — Buucknek, ThSorie du Systeme Animal, Leyden, 

 1767. 



The sjlvan 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 pi-ess 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 fi'ozen poles, 



WTiere peril waits the bold adventurer's tread. 



The burning sands of Borneo and Cayenne, 



All, aU to us unlock their secret stores 



And pay their cheerful tribute. 



J. Taylor, Norwich, 1818. 



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