234 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



by Dr. Cohn, was included in the account of the proceedings 

 published in the local paper at the time, and is of more than 

 passing interest. It was set to the tune of a well-known German 

 song, commencing, " When Noah came out of the ark," which 

 may have been composed by Gravenhorst himself, who appears 

 to have been an extremely versatile man ; for I find that he is 

 stated to have composed a poem called " Father Noah," which 

 may be the same. 



The translation of Dr. Cohn's ode here given (to which the 

 foregoing observations are merely introductory) is as literal 

 as possible, and may be trusted to give a faithful representa- 

 tion of the original. It has probably never appeared in English 

 before; and even the original German is likely to be known 

 to very few. 



Dr. Cohn's Ode on Peof. Gravenhorst's Jubilee. 



" When the Lord, the God of Nature, 

 Had created every creature, 

 These in Adam's view he placed, 

 Who should name them to his taste ; 

 And what he called both great and small. 

 Henceforth should be the names of all. 



Adam soon his task began. 

 Named the beasts in wood that ran, 

 Birds that fly, and fish that swim ; 

 Easy was the work to him ; 

 And all he classed that met his view, 

 In genera and species too. 



When at length his work was done. 

 He gave their names to every one. 

 And his system, as I hear. 

 Was simple, natural, and clear. 

 Thus without much toil, was he 

 Founder of Zoology. 



But when he to the insects came. 

 His flagging energy grew lame ; 

 So many species, and so small ! 

 It was no joke to name them all ; 

 And Adam said, ' I'll do no more ; 

 I think I'll leave the rest to Noah.' 



What creeps and flies was on the list 



Of Noah, the Entomologist ; 



The Diptera, Orthoptera, 



Hemiptera, Neuroptera, 



The butterflies and beetles all, 



And nothing was for Noah too small. 



