"Omnes res create sunt divinse sapieiitine et potentiiu testes, clivitire felicitatis 

 himiaiue : — ex haruin u.su honitas Creatoris ; ex pulchritudine scqnentia Domini ; 

 ox CEConouiia in conservatione, proportione, renovatione, potentia niajestatis 

 elucet. Eai-uni itaqiie indagatio ab lioniinibus sibi relictis semper a^stiniata ; 

 k \e\'h eruditis et sapientibus semper exculta; male doctis et barbaris semper 

 iuimica f'uit." — Linn^qs. 



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

 voir qu'elle est le chef-d'oeuvre de la Toute-puissance, et lebut auquel se rapi)or- 

 tent toutes ses operations." — Biiucivneu, Theorie du Systeme 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 tlioiisand forms minute 



Of velvet moss or lichen, torn from rock 



Or rifted oak or cavern deep: the Naiads too 



Quit tlieir 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 tlie bold adventurer's tread, 



The burning sands of Borneo and Cayenne, 



All, all to us unlock their secret stores 



And pay tlieir cheerful tribute. 



J. Taylor, Norwich, 1818. 



