On our road home to Hogg's we paid a visit to a wild-cat's lair in the Eagle's Cragg, and of all the incarnate devils, for fighting I ever saw, they "cow the cuddy," as the Scotch say; perfect fiends on earth. There was _pa_ and _ma_, or rather _dad_ and _mam_, (about the bigness of tiger-cats, one was four feet and a half from tip to tail) and seven kittens well grown; and O, the spit, snarl, tusshush and crissish, and mow-waaugh they did kick up in their den, whilst in its darkness we could see the _electricity_ or phosphorescence of their eyes and hair sparkling like chemical fire-works. But I must tell you the rest hereafter, for my paper is out! W.H. * * * * * FINE ARTS. * * * * * MR. HAYDON'S PICTURES. Mr. Haydon has nearly completed his _Xenophon_, which he intends to make the nucleus of an Exhibition during the present town season. The King has graciously lent Mr. Haydon the _Mock Election_ picture; (for an Engraving of which see Mirror, vol. xi. p. 193,) for the above purpose. There will be other pictures, of comic and domestic interest by the same artist; among which will be _Waiting for the Times_, (purchased by the Marquess of Stafford;) _The First Child_, very like papa about the eyes, and mamma about the nose; _Reading the Scriptures; Falstaff and Pistol; Achilles playing the Lyre;_ and others, which with a variety of studies, will make up an interesting Exhibition. * * * * * THE NATURALIST. * * * * * A DAY IN BRAZIL. The following is a translation of the leaf from the journal of Dr. Martins, dated Para, August 16, 1819; and describes an equatorial day, as observed near the mouths of the Para and the Amazons:-- How happy am I here! How thoroughly do I now understand many things which before were incomprehensible to me! The glorious features of this wonderful region, where all the powers of nature are harmoniously combined, beget new sensations and ideas. I now feel that I better know what it is to be a historian of nature. Overpowered by the contemplation of an immense solitude, of a profound and inexpressible stillness, it is, doubtless, impossible at once to perceive all its divine characteristics; but the feeling of its vastness and grandeur cannot fail to arouse in the mind of the beholder the thrilling emotions of a hitherto inexperienced delight.