sunt 



humansB : — ex harum usu bonitas Creatoris ; ex pulchritudine sapient ia Domini ; 

 ex ceconomia in conservatione, proportione, renovatione, potent ia majestatis 

 elucet. Earum itaque inclagatio ab hominibus sibi relictis semper aestimata; 

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

 inimica fuit." — Linn.eus. 





M Quel que soit le principe de la Tie 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- 

 tent toutes ses operations/' — Bkuckxek, 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 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 ^aits 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. 



Norti i ch 



A IK HI ft FLA MM AM. 



