" Oranes res creatce sunt divinoe sapientiaj et potenti* testes, divitiffi felicitatis 

 hiinianre : — ex barum usu honitas Creatoris ; ex pulcliritudine sa]yientui Domini ; 

 ex oeconomia in conservatione, proportione, renovatione, potentia majestatis 

 elucet. Earum itaque indagatio ab bominibiis sibi relictis semper restimata ; 

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

 inimiea fuit." — Linn^us. 



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

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

 tent toutes ses operations." — Bruckner, Theoric du Sijsteme 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 tlie rippling tide: the I'rozen poles. 



Where peril Awaits the bold adventurer's tread. 



The buniing sands of Borneo and Cayenne, 



All, all to us unlock their secret stores 



And ]iay their cheerful tribute. 



J. Taylor, Norwich, 1818. 



FLAMMAM. 



