" Omnes res creatse sunt clivinfe sapientia; et potentia testes, divitiiv ielicilatis 

 hunianje : — ex harum usu honitas Creatoris ; ex pulchritiidine sapientia Domini ; 

 ex oeconomia in conservatione, proportione, renovatione, potcntia majestatis 

 elucet. Earum itaque indagatio ab hominibus sibi relictis semper astiinata ; 

 a A'ere eruditis et sajjientibus semper excult^i ; male doctis et barbaris semper 

 iniuiica f'uit." — Linn/Eus. 



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

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

 teut toutes ses ojierations." — BtiucKNEU, Theoric du S'/.ste/iie 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 -thy me 



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 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 stoi'es 



And pay their cheerful tribute. 



J. Taylor, Norwich, 1818, 



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ALKRE \ FLAMMAM. 



