" Omnes res create sunt divinae sapientiffi et potentire testes, divitiae felicitatis 

 humanie : — ex harum usu bonitas Creatoris ; ex pulcbritudine sapientia Domini : 

 ex ceconomia in conserratione, proportione, renovatione, potcntia niajestatis 

 elucet. Earum itaque indagatio ab hominibus sibi relictis semper sestimata; 

 a rare eruditis et sapientibus semper exeult<a ; male doctis et barbaris semper 

 nimica fuit." — Lisx^us. 



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

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

 tent toutes ses operations." — Brcckser, Theorie du Systeme Animal, Leyden, 

 1767. 



Tlie sylvan powers 



Obey our summons ; from their deepest dells 



The Dryads come, and throw their garlands wild 



And odorous branches at our feet ; the Js ymphs 



That press with nimble step the mountain-tliyme 



And pm'ple 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 



Qidt their loved native stream, from whose smooth face 



They crop the lily, and each sedge and rush 



That drinks the rijipling tide : the frozen poles. 



Where peril waits the bold adventiu-er's tread. 



The bm-ning 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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ALESE 4 PLAMMAM. 



