"Omnes res creatae sunt divinoe sapientia; et potential testes, divitiiv felicitatis 

 buiimnai: — ex harum usu boiiilas Creatoris; ex pulcliritudino sapicntia Domini ; 

 ex oeconomiii in conservatione, proportione, renovatione, potcutia niajcstatis 

 elucet. Earuni itaque indagatio ab liominibus sibi relictis scniijer a'stiinata; 

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

 inimica fuit." — Linn.els. 



"Quel que soit le priiicipe de la vie animale, il lie faut qu'ouvrir lesyeux pour 

 voir qu'elle est le cbef-d'eeuvre de la Toute-puissancc, et le but auquol se rappor- 

 teut toutes ses operations." — Buucknei!, Thcoric dii Si/stcme Animal, Leyden, 

 17G7. 



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-thytne 



And purple he;ith-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 ci'op 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 unlock their secret stores 



And pay their cheerful tribute. 



J. Taylor, Nurwich, 1818. 







ALERB K FLAMMAM. 



