"Omnes res creatre sunt divinse sapientiffi et potentice testes, diTitia felia 

 hiiinanffi : — ex harum usu bonitas Creatoris ; ex pulchritudine sapientia Doiiu^ 

 ex ceconomia in conservatione, proportione, renovatione, 2>otentia niajcs|^j 

 elucet. Earum itaque indagatio ab liominlbus sibi relictis semper £cstiinata 

 a vera eruditis et sapientibus semper exculta ; male doctis et barbaris sempe. 

 iuimica fuit." — LiNNiEUS. 



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

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

 tent toutes ses operations." — Bruckneu, TMorie du Systeme Animal, 1 

 1767. 



The sylvan powers 



Obey our summons ; from their deepest dells 



The Dryads come, and throw tlieir garlands wild 



And odorous branches at our feet ; the Nymphs 



That press with nimble step the mountain-thyme 



And piu-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 



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 tlieir cheerful tribute. 



J. Taylor, Norwich, 1818. 



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