" Omnes res creatae sunt divinse sapientise et potentia testes, divitia felicitatis 

 humane :— ex harum usu bonitas Creatoris ; ex piilchritudine sapientia Domini ; 

 ex ceconomia in conservatione, proportione, renovatione, potentia majestatis 

 elucet. Earum itaque indagatio ab hominibus sibi reHctis semper sestimata; 

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

 mimica fuit." — Linnaeus. 



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

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

 tent toutes ses operations."— Bruckner, TMorie du Si/steme Animal, Leyden, 



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 momitain-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 the rippling tide : the frozen poles, 



Where peril waits the bold adventiu-er'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. 



