We remember an amiable enthusiast, a worshiper of nature after the manner of Rousseau, who, being melted into feelings of universal philanthropy by the softness and serenity of a spring morning, resolved, that for that day, at least, no injured animal should pollute his board; and having recorded his vow, walked six miles to gain a hamlet, famous for fish dinners, where, without an idea of breaking his sentimental engagement, he regaled himself on a small matter of crimped cod and oyster sauce--Q. Rev. * * * * * FORTIFICATION. The walls of Tenchira, in Africa, form one of the most perfect remaining specimens of ancient fortification. They are a mile and a half in circuit, defended by 26 quadrangular towers, and admitting no entrance but by two opposite gates. * * * * * MEDIOCRITY, in poetry, is intolerable to gods and to booksellers, and to all intermediate beings. * * * * * SONNET TO THE CAMELLA JAPONICA. BY W. ROSCOE, ESQ. Say, what impels me, pure and spotless flower, To view thee with a secret sympathy? --Is there some living spirit shrined in thee? That, as thou bloom'st within my humble bower, Endows thee with some strange, mysterious power, Waking high thoughts?--As there perchance might be Some angel-form of truth and purity, Whose hallowed presence shared my lonely hour? --Yes, lovely flower, 'tis not thy virgin glow, Thy petals whiter than descending snow, Nor all the charms thy velvet folds display; 'Tis the soft image of some beaming mind, By grace adorn'd, by elegance refin'd, That o'er my heart thus holds its silent sway. _The Winter's Wreath._ * * * * * PIGS. One day when Giotto, the painter, was taking his Sunday walk, in his best attire, with a party of friends, at Florence, and was in the midst of a long story, some pigs passed suddenly by, and one of them, running between the painter's legs, threw him down. When he got on his legs again, instead of swearing a terrible oath at the pig on the Lord's day, as a graver man might have done, he observed, laughing, "People say these beasts are stupid, but they seem to me to have some sense of justice, for I have earned several thousands of crowns with their bristles, but I never gave one of them even a ladleful of soup in my life."--_Lanzi._ * * * * * TURKISH FIREMEN. The firemen of Constantinople are accused of sometimes discharging oil from their engines instead of water. * * * * * SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. * * * * * FLIES.