" Omnes res creatae sunt divinae sapientiae et potentife testes, divitise fe- 

 humanaj : — ex harum usu honitas Creatoris ; ex pulchritudine sapientia Di 

 ex oeconomia in conservatione, proportione, renovatione, jwtentia majt t 

 elucet. Earum itaque indagatio ab liominibus sibi relictis semper aestim"" 

 a vere eruditis et sapientibus semper exculta ; male doctis et barbaris sem]. 

 inimica fuit." — Linn^us. 



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

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

 tent toutes ses operations."— Bkuckner, Tkeorie du Si/steme Animal, Levdt 

 1767. 



The sylvan powers 



Obey our summons ; from their deepest deUs 



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 heatli-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 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, Norwich, 1818. 



