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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The Hunting of the Snark + an Agony, in Eight Fits + +Author: Lewis Carroll + +Illustrator: Henry Holiday + +Release Date: September 1, 2009 [EBook #29888] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: UTF-8 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK *** + + + + +Produced by Louise Hope. (This file was produced from +images generously made available by The Internet Archive: +American Libraries) + + + + + + +</pre> + + +<div class = "mynote"> +<p><a name = "start" id = "start">This text</a> uses UTF-8 (Unicode) +file encoding. If the apostrophes and quotation marks in this paragraph +appear as garbage, you may have an incompatible browser or unavailable +fonts. First, make sure that your browser’s “character set” or “file +encoding” is set to Unicode (UTF-8). You may also need to change the +default font.</p> + +<p class = "center"> +<a href = "#preface">Preface</a><br> +<a href = "#contents">The Hunting of the Snark</a><br> +<a href = "#macmillan">Publisher’s Ads</a></p> +</div> + + +<p class = "illustration"> +<img src = "images/cover.jpg" width = "387" height = "596" +alt = "The Hunting of the Snark" title = "The Hunting of the Snark"></p> + + +<div class = "page"> +<p class = "border"> +AN EASTER GREETING<br> +<br> +<span class = "smallest">TO</span><br> +<br> +EVERY CHILD WHO LOVES<br> +<br> +<img src = "images/alice.png" width = "137" height = "43" +alt = "Alice" title = "Alice"></p> +</div> + + +<!-- first english edition --> + +<hr class = "small"> + +<div class = "page"> +<p class = "illustration"> +<img src = "images/halftitle.png" width = "323" height = "32" +alt = "The Hunting of the Snark" title = "The Hunting of the Snark"></p> +</div> + +<hr class = "small"> + +<h1>THE HUNTING<br> +OF THE SNARK</h1> + +<p> </p> + +<p class = "illustration"> +<img src = "images/agony.png" width = "170" height = "76" +alt = "an Agony, in Eight Fits." title = "an Agony, in Eight Fits."></p> + +<p> </p> + +<h5><span class = "smallest">BY</span><br> +LEWIS CARROLL</h5> + +<h6><span class = "smallest"> +AUTHOR OF “ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND,”<br> +AND “THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS.”</span></h6> + +<p> <br> </p> + +<h5><span class = "extended"><i>WITH NINE ILLUSTRATIONS</i></span><br> +<span class = "smallest">BY</span><br> +<span class = "sans">HENRY HOLIDAY</span></h5> + +<p> <br> </p> + +<h4> <img src = "images/london.png" width = "74" height = "21" +alt = "London" title = "London"> <br> +<span class = "extended">MACMILLAN AND CO</span>.<br> +1876.</h4> + +<p> </p> + +<h6>[<i>The Right of Translation and Reproduction is Reserved.</i>]</h6> + +<hr class = "small"> + +<div class = "page"> + +<h6>LONDON:<br> +R. CLAY, SONS, AND TAYLOR, PRINTERS,<br> +BREAD STREET HILL.</h6> + +</div> + +<hr class = "small"> + +<div class = "intro"> + +<!-- vii --> + +<h4><b><i>Inscribed to a dear Child:<br> +in memory of golden summer hours<br> +and whispers of a summer sea.</i></b></h4> + +<div class = "verse"> +<p class = "stanza"> +Girt with a boyish garb for boyish task,</p> +<p class = "indent2">Eager she wields her spade: yet loves as well</p> +<p>Rest on a friendly knee, intent to ask</p> +<p class = "indent4">The tale he loves to tell.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +Rude spirits of the seething outer strife,</p> +<p class = "indent2">Unmeet to read her pure and simple spright,</p> +<p>Deem, if you list, such hours a waste of life,</p> +<p class = "indent4">Empty of all delight!</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +Chat on, sweet Maid, and rescue from annoy</p> +<p class = "indent2">Hearts that by wiser talk are unbeguiled.</p> +<p>Ah, happy he who owns that tenderest joy,</p> +<p class = "indent4">The heart-love of a child!</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +Away, fond thoughts, and vex my soul no more!</p> +<p class = "indent2">Work claims my wakeful nights, my busy <span class += "locked">days—</span></p> +<p>Albeit bright memories of that sunlit shore</p> +<p class = "indent4">Yet haunt my dreaming gaze!</p> +</div> + +<!-- page viii --> + +<hr class = "small"> + +<span class = "pagenum">ix</span> +<h3><a name = "preface" id = "preface">PREFACE.</a></h3> + +<p><span class = "firstword">If</span>—and the thing is wildly +possible—the charge of writing nonsense were ever brought against +the author of this brief but instructive poem, it would be based, I feel +convinced, on the line (in p. 18)</p> + +<p class = "verse"> +“Then the bowsprit got mixed with the rudder sometimes.”</p> + +<p>In view of this painful possibility, I will not (as I might) appeal +indignantly to my other writings as a proof that I am incapable of such +a deed: I will not (as I might) point to the strong moral purpose of +this poem itself, to the arithmetical principles so cautiously +inculcated in it, or to its noble teachings in Natural History—I +will take the more prosaic course of simply explaining how it +happened.</p> + +<p>The Bellman, who was almost morbidly sensitive about appearances, +used to have the bowsprit unshipped once or twice a week to be +revarnished, and it more than once happened, when the time came for +replacing it, that no one on board could remember which end of the ship +it belonged to. They knew it was not of the slightest use to appeal to +the Bellman about it—he would only refer to his Naval Code, and +read out in pathetic tones Admiralty Instructions which none of them had +ever +<span class = "pagenum">x</span> +been able to understand—so it generally ended in its being +fastened on, anyhow, across the rudder. The helmsman<a class = "tag" +name = "tag1" id = "tag1" href = "#note1">*</a> used to stand by with +tears in his eyes: <i>he</i> knew it was all wrong, but alas! Rule 42 of +the Code, “<i>No one shall speak to the Man at the Helm</i>,” had been +completed by the Bellman himself with the words “<i>and the Man at the +Helm shall speak to no one</i>.” So remonstrance was impossible, and no +steering could be done till the next varnishing day. During these +bewildering intervals the ship usually sailed backwards.</p> + +<p>As this poem is to some extent connected with the lay of the +Jabberwock, let me take this opportunity of answering a question that +has often been asked me, how to pronounce “slithy toves.” The “i” in +“slithy” is long, as in “writhe”; and “toves” is pronounced so as to +rhyme with “groves.” Again, the first “o” in “borogoves” is pronounced +like the “o” in “borrow.” I have heard people try to give it the sound +of the “o” in “worry.” Such is Human Perversity.</p> + +<p>This also seems a fitting occasion to notice the other hard words in +that poem. Humpty-Dumpty’s theory, of two meanings packed into one word +like a portmanteau, seems to me the right explanation for all.</p> + +<p>For instance, take the two words “fuming” and “furious.” Make up your +mind that you will say both +<span class = "pagenum">xi</span> +words, but leave it unsettled which you will say first. Now open your +mouth and speak. If your thoughts incline ever so little towards +“fuming,” you will say “fuming-furious;” if they turn, by even a hair’s +breadth, towards “furious,” you will say “furious-fuming;” but if you +have that rarest of gifts, a perfectly balanced mind, you will say +“frumious.”</p> + +<p>Supposing that, when Pistol uttered the well-known words—</p> + +<p class = "verse"> +“Under which king, Bezonian? Speak or die!”</p> + +<p>Justice Shallow had felt certain that it was either William or +Richard, but had not been able to settle which, so that he could not +possibly say either name before the other, can it be doubted that, +rather than die, he would have gasped out “Rilchiam!”</p> + +<p class = "footnote"> +<a class = "tag" name = "note1" id = "note1" href = "#tag1">*</a> +This office was usually undertaken by the Boots, who found in it a +refuge from the Baker’s constant complaints about the insufficient +blacking of his three pair of boots.</p> + + +<!-- page xii --> + + +<span class = "pagenum">xiii</span> + +<h3><a name = "contents" id = "contents"> </a><br> +<img src = "images/contents.png" width = "138" height = "33" +alt = "Contents." title = "Contents."></h3> + +<table class = "toc"> +<tr> +<td></td> +<td class = "right smallest"> +PAGE</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Fit the First. The Landing</p></td> +<td class = "number"><a href = "#fitI">3</a></td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Fit the Second. The Bellman’s Speech</p></td> +<td class = "number"><a href = "#fitII">15</a></td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Fit the Third. The Baker’s Tale</p></td> +<td class = "number"><a href = "#fitIII">27</a></td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Fit the Fourth. The Hunting</p></td> +<td class = "number"><a href = "#fitIV">37</a></td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Fit the Fifth. The Beaver’s Lesson</p></td> +<td class = "number"><a href = "#fitV">47</a></td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Fit the Sixth. The Barrister’s Dream</p></td> +<td class = "number"><a href = "#fitVI">61</a></td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Fit the Seventh. The Banker’s Fate</p></td> +<td class = "number"><a href = "#fitVII">71</a></td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>Fit the Eighth. The Vanishing</p></td> +<td class = "number"><a href = "#fitVIII">79</a></td> +</tr> +</table> + +</div> + +<!-- page xiv --> + +<div class = "maintext"> + +<span class = "pagenum">1</span> + +<h3><a name = "fitI" id = "fitI"> +FIT I.—THE LANDING.</a></h3> + +<!-- page 2 --> + +<span class = "pagenum">3</span> + +<p class = "illustration"> +<img src = "images/fitI.png" width = "215" height = "36" +alt = "Fit the First." title = "Fit the First."></p> + +<h4><i>THE LANDING.</i></h4> + + +<div class = "verse"> +<p>“<span class = "firstword">Just</span> the place for a Snark!” the +Bellman cried,</p> +<p class = "indent">As he landed his crew with care;</p> +<p>Supporting each man on the top of the tide</p> +<p class = "indent">By a finger entwined in his hair.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +“Just the place for a Snark! I have said it twice:</p> +<p class = "indent">That alone should encourage the crew.</p> +<p>Just the place for a Snark! I have said it thrice:</p> +<p class = "indent">What I tell you three times is true.”</p> + +<span class = "pagenum">4</span> +<p class = "stanza"> +The crew was complete: it included a <span class = +"locked">Boots—</span></p> +<p class = "indent">A maker of Bonnets and <span class = +"locked">Hoods—</span></p> +<p>A Barrister, brought to arrange their <span class = +"locked">disputes—</span></p> +<p class = "indent">And a Broker, to value their goods.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +A Billiard-marker, whose skill was immense,</p> +<p class = "indent">Might perhaps have won more than his <span class = +"locked">share—</span></p> +<p>But a Banker, engaged at enormous expense,</p> +<p class = "indent">Had the whole of their cash in his care.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +There was also a Beaver, that paced on the deck,</p> +<p class = "indent">Or would sit making lace in the bow:</p> +<p>And had often (the Bellman said) saved them from wreck,</p> +<p class = "indent">Though none of the sailors knew how.</p> +</div> + +<span class = "pagenum">5</span> +<p class = "illustration"> +<img src = "images/page5.png" width = "343" height = "512" +alt = "the ship's crew"></p> + +<div class = "verse"> +<span class = "pagenum">6</span> +<p class = "stanza"> +There was one who was famed for the number of things</p> +<p class = "indent">He forgot when he entered the ship:</p> +<p>His umbrella, his watch, all his jewels and rings,</p> +<p class = "indent">And the clothes he had bought for the trip.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +He had forty-two boxes, all carefully packed,</p> +<p class = "indent">With his name painted clearly on each:</p> +<p>But, since he omitted to mention the fact,</p> +<p class = "indent">They were all left behind on the beach.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +The loss of his clothes hardly mattered, because</p> +<p class = "indent">He had seven coats on when he came,</p> +<p>With three pair of boots—but the worst of it was,</p> +<p class = "indent">He had wholly forgotten his name.</p> + +<span class = "pagenum">7</span> +<p class = "stanza"> +He would answer to “Hi!” or to any loud cry,</p> +<p class = "indent">Such as “Fry me!” or “Fritter my wig!”</p> +<p>To “What-you-may-call-um!” or “What-was-his-name!”</p> +<p class = "indent">But especially “Thing-um-a-jig!”</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +While, for those who preferred a more forcible word,</p> +<p class = "indent">He had different names from these:</p> +<p>His intimate friends called him “Candle-ends,”</p> +<p class = "indent">And his enemies “Toasted-cheese.”</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +“His form is ungainly—his intellect <span class = +"locked">small—”</span></p> +<p class = "indent">(So the Bellman would often remark)</p> +<p>“But his courage is perfect! And that, after all,</p> +<p class = "indent">Is the thing that one needs with a Snark.”</p> + +<span class = "pagenum">8</span> +<p class = "stanza"> +He would joke with hyænas, returning their stare</p> +<p class = "indent">With an impudent wag of the head:</p> +<p>And he once went a walk, paw-in-paw, with a bear,</p> +<p class = "indent">“Just to keep up its spirits,” he said.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +He came as a Baker: but owned, when too <span class = +"locked">late—</span></p> +<p class = "indent">And it drove the poor Bellman half-<span class = +"locked">mad—</span></p> +<p>He could only bake Bridecake—for which, I may state,</p> +<p class = "indent">No materials were to be had.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +The last of the crew needs especial remark,</p> +<p class = "indent">Though he looked an incredible dunce:</p> +<p>He had just one idea—but, that one being “Snark,”</p> +<p class = "indent">The good Bellman engaged him at once.</p> + +<span class = "pagenum">9</span> +<p class = "stanza"> +He came as a Butcher: but gravely declared,</p> +<p class = "indent">When the ship had been sailing a week,</p> +<p>He could only kill Beavers. The Bellman looked scared,</p> +<p class = "indent">And was almost too frightened to speak:</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +But at length he explained, in a tremulous tone,</p> +<p class = "indent">There was only one Beaver on board;</p> +<p>And that was a tame one he had of his own,</p> +<p class = "indent">Whose death would be deeply deplored.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +The Beaver, who happened to hear the remark,</p> +<p class = "indent">Protested, with tears in its eyes,</p> +<p>That not even the rapture of hunting the Snark</p> +<p class = "indent">Could atone for that dismal surprise!</p> +</div> + +<span class = "pagenum">10</span> +<p class = "illustration"> +<img src = "images/page10.png" width = "524" height = "355" +alt = "the Butcher and the Beaver"></p> + +<div class = "verse"> +<span class = "pagenum">11</span> +<p class = "stanza"> +It strongly advised that the Butcher should be</p> +<p class = "indent">Conveyed in a separate ship:</p> +<p>But the Bellman declared that would never agree</p> +<p class = "indent">With the plans he had made for the trip:</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +Navigation was always a difficult art,</p> +<p class = "indent">Though with only one ship and one bell:</p> +<p>And he feared he must really decline, for his part,</p> +<p class = "indent">Undertaking another as well.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +The Beaver’s best course was, no doubt, to procure</p> +<p class = "indent">A second-hand dagger-proof <span class = +"locked">coat—</span></p> +<p>So the Baker advised it—and next, to insure</p> +<p class = "indent">Its life in some Office of note:</p> + +<span class = "pagenum">12</span> +<p class = "stanza"> +This the Banker suggested, and offered for hire</p> +<p class = "indent">(On moderate terms), or for sale,</p> +<p>Two excellent Policies, one Against Fire,</p> +<p class = "indent">And one Against Damage From Hail.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +Yet still, ever after that sorrowful day,</p> +<p class = "indent">Whenever the Butcher was by,</p> +<p>The Beaver kept looking the opposite way,</p> +<p class = "indent">And appeared unaccountably shy.</p> +</div> + + +<span class = "pagenum">13</span> + +<h3><a name = "fitII" id = "fitII"> +FIT II.—THE BELLMAN’S SPEECH.</a></h3> + +<!-- page 14 --> + +<span class = "pagenum">15</span> + +<p class = "illustration"> +<img src = "images/fitII.png" width = "234" height = "33" +alt = "Fit the Second." title = "Fit the Second."></p> + +<h4><i>THE BELLMAN’S SPEECH.</i></h4> + + +<div class = "verse"> +<p><span class = "firstword">The</span> Bellman himself they all praised +to the <span class = "locked">skies—</span></p> +<p class = "indent">Such a carriage, such ease and such grace!</p> +<p>Such solemnity, too! One could see he was wise,</p> +<p class = "indent">The moment one looked in his face!</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +He had bought a large map representing the sea,</p> +<p class = "indent">Without the least vestige of land:</p> +<p>And the crew were much pleased when they found it to be</p> +<p class = "indent">A map they could all understand.</p> + +<span class = "pagenum">16</span> +<p class = "stanza"> +“What’s the good of Mercator’s North Poles and Equators,</p> +<p class = "indent">Tropics, Zones, and Meridian Lines?”</p> +<p>So the Bellman would cry: and the crew would reply</p> +<p class = "indent">“They are merely conventional signs!</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +“Other maps are such shapes, with their islands and capes!</p> +<p class = "indent">But we’ve got our brave Captain to thank”</p> +<p>(So the crew would protest) “that he’s bought us the <span class = +"locked">best—</span></p> +<p class = "indent">A perfect and absolute blank!”</p> +</div> + +<p class = "illustration"> 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shape = "rect" coords = "346, 108, 362, 220" +alt = "Equinox" title = "Equinox"> +<area shape = "rect" coords = "346, 220, 362, 335" +alt = "EAST" title = "EAST"> +<area shape = "rect" coords = "346, 335, 362, 455" +alt = "Zenith" title = "Zenith"> +<area shape = "rect" coords = "346, 455, 362, 533" +alt = "Longitude" title = "Longitude"> + +<area shape = "rect" coords = "0, 532, 110, 572" +alt = "Scale of Miles." title = "Scale of Miles."> +</map> + +<div class = "verse"> +<p class = "stanza"> +This was charming, no doubt: but they shortly found out</p> +<p class = "indent">That the Captain they trusted so well</p> +<span class = "pagenum">18</span> +<p>Had only one notion for crossing the ocean,</p> +<p class = "indent">And that was to tingle his bell.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +He was thoughtful and grave—but the orders he gave</p> +<p class = "indent">Were enough to bewilder a crew.</p> +<p>When he cried “Steer to starboard, but keep her head larboard!”</p> +<p class = "indent">What on earth was the helmsman to do?</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +Then the bowsprit got mixed with the rudder sometimes:</p> +<p class = "indent">A thing, as the Bellman remarked,</p> +<p>That frequently happens in tropical climes,</p> +<p class = "indent">When a vessel is, so to speak, “snarked.”</p> + +<span class = "pagenum">19</span> +<p class = "stanza"> +But the principal failing occurred in the sailing,</p> +<p class = "indent">And the Bellman, perplexed and distressed,</p> +<p>Said he <i>had</i> hoped, at least, when the wind blew due East,</p> +<p class = "indent">That the ship would <i>not</i> travel due West!</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +But the danger was past—they had landed at last,</p> +<p class = "indent">With their boxes, portmanteaus, and bags:</p> +<p>Yet at first sight the crew were not pleased with the view,</p> +<p class = "indent">Which consisted of chasms and crags.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +The Bellman perceived that their spirits were low,</p> +<p class = "indent">And repeated in musical tone</p> +<span class = "pagenum">20</span> +<p>Some jokes he had kept for a season of <span class = +"locked">woe—</span></p> +<p class = "indent">But the crew would do nothing but groan.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +He served out some grog with a liberal hand,</p> +<p class = "indent">And bade them sit down on the beach:</p> +<p>And they could not but own that their Captain looked grand,</p> +<p class = "indent">As he stood and delivered his speech.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +“Friends, Romans, and countrymen, lend me your ears!”</p> +<p class = "indent">(They were all of them fond of quotations:</p> +<p>So they drank to his health, and they gave him three cheers,</p> +<p class = "indent">While he served out additional rations).</p> + +<span class = "pagenum">21</span> +<p class = "stanza"> +“We have sailed many months, we have sailed many weeks,</p> +<p class = "indent">(Four weeks to the month you may mark),</p> +<p>But never as yet (’tis your Captain who speaks)</p> +<p class = "indent">Have we caught the least glimpse of a Snark!</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +“We have sailed many weeks, we have sailed many days,</p> +<p class = "indent">(Seven days to the week I allow),</p> +<p>But a Snark, on the which we might lovingly gaze,</p> +<p class = "indent">We have never beheld till now!</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +“Come, listen, my men, while I tell you again</p> +<p class = "indent">The five unmistakable marks</p> +<span class = "pagenum">22</span> +<p>By which you may know, wheresoever you go,</p> +<p class = "indent">The warranted genuine Snarks.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +“Let us take them in order. The first is the taste,</p> +<p class = "indent">Which is meagre and hollow, but crisp:</p> +<p>Like a coat that is rather too tight in the waist,</p> +<p class = "indent">With a flavour of Will-o-the-wisp.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +“Its habit of getting up late you’ll agree</p> +<p class = "indent">That it carries too far, when I say</p> +<p>That it frequently breakfasts at five-o’clock tea,</p> +<p class = "indent">And dines on the following day.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +“The third is its slowness in taking a jest.</p> +<p class = "indent">Should you happen to venture on one,</p> +<span class = "pagenum">23</span> +<p>It will sigh like a thing that is deeply distressed:</p> +<p class = "indent">And it always looks grave at a pun.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +“The fourth is its fondness for bathing-machines,</p> +<p class = "indent">Which it constantly carries about,</p> +<p>And believes that they add to the beauty of <span class = +"locked">scenes—</span></p> +<p class = "indent">A sentiment open to doubt.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +“The fifth is ambition. It next will be right</p> +<p class = "indent">To describe each particular batch:</p> +<p>Distinguishing those that have feathers, and bite,</p> +<p class = "indent">From those that have whiskers, and scratch.</p> + +<span class = "pagenum">24</span> +<p class = "stanza"> +“For, although common Snarks do no manner of harm,</p> +<p class = "indent">Yet, I feel it my duty to say,</p> +<p>Some are Boojums—” The Bellman broke off in alarm,</p> +<p class = "indent">For the Baker had fainted away.</p> +</div> + + +<span class = "pagenum">25</span> + +<h3><a name = "fitIII" id = "fitIII"> +FIT III.—THE BAKER’S TALE.</a></h3> + +<!-- page 26 --> + +<span class = "pagenum">27</span> + +<p class = "illustration"> +<img src = "images/fitIII.png" width = "228" height = "34" +alt = "Fit the Third." title = "Fit the Third."></p> + +<h4><i>THE BAKER’S TALE.</i></h4> + + +<div class = "verse"> +<p><span class = "firstword">They</span> roused him with +muffins—they roused him with <span class = +"locked">ice—</span></p> +<p class = "indent">They roused him with mustard and <span class = +"locked">cress—</span></p> +<p>They roused him with jam and judicious <span class = +"locked">advice—</span></p> +<p class = "indent">They set him conundrums to guess.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +When at length he sat up and was able to speak,</p> +<p class = "indent">His sad story he offered to tell;</p> +<p>And the Bellman cried “Silence! Not even a shriek!”</p> +<p class = "indent">And excitedly tingled his bell.</p> + +<span class = "pagenum">28</span> +<p class = "stanza"> +There was silence supreme! Not a shriek, not a scream,</p> +<p class = "indent">Scarcely even a howl or a groan,</p> +<p>As the man they called “Ho!” told his story of woe</p> +<p class = "indent">In an antediluvian tone.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +“My father and mother were honest, though <span class = +"locked">poor—”</span></p> +<p class = "indent">“Skip all that!” cried the Bellman in haste.</p> +<p>“If it once becomes dark, there’s no chance of a <span class = +"locked">Snark—</span></p> +<p class = "indent">We have hardly a minute to waste!”</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +“I skip forty years,” said the Baker, in tears,</p> +<p class = "indent">“And proceed without further remark</p> +<span class = "pagenum">29</span> +<p>To the day when you took me aboard of your ship</p> +<p class = "indent">To help you in hunting the Snark.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +“A dear uncle of mine (after whom I was named)</p> +<p class = "indent">Remarked, when I bade him <span class = +"locked">farewell—”</span></p> +<p>“Oh, skip your dear uncle!” the Bellman exclaimed,</p> +<p class = "indent">As he angrily tingled his bell.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +“He remarked to me then,” said that mildest of men,</p> +<p class = "indent">“‘If your Snark be a Snark, that is right:</p> +<p>Fetch it home by all means—you may serve it with greens,</p> +<p class = "indent">And it’s handy for striking a light.</p> + +<span class = "pagenum">30</span> +<p class = "stanza"> +“‘You may seek it with thimbles—and seek it with care;</p> +<p class = "indent">You may hunt it with forks and hope;</p> +<p>You may threaten its life with a railway-share;</p> +<p class = "indent">You may charm it with smiles and <span class = +"locked">soap—’”</span></p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +(“That’s exactly the method,” the Bellman bold</p> +<p class = "indent">In a hasty parenthesis cried,</p> +<p>“That’s exactly the way I have always been told</p> +<p class = "indent">That the capture of Snarks should be tried!”)</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +“’But oh, beamish nephew, beware of the day,</p> +<p class = "indent">If your Snark be a Boojum! For then</p> +<p>You will softly and suddenly vanish away,</p> +<p class = "indent">And never be met with again!’</p> +</div> + +<span class = "pagenum">31</span> +<p class = "illustration"> +<img src = "images/page31.png" width = "350" height = "517" +alt = "the Baker and his uncle"></p> + +<div class = "verse"> +<span class = "pagenum">32</span> +<p class = "stanza"> +“It is this, it is this that oppresses my soul,</p> +<p class = "indent">When I think of my uncle’s last words:</p> +<p>And my heart is like nothing so much as a bowl</p> +<p class = "indent">Brimming over with quivering curds!</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +“It is this, it is this—” “We have had that before!”</p> +<p class = "indent">The Bellman indignantly said.</p> +<p>And the Baker replied “Let me say it once more.</p> +<p class = "indent">It is this, it is this that I dread!</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +“I engage with the Snark—every night after <span class = +"locked">dark—</span></p> +<p class = "indent">In a dreamy delirious fight:</p> +<span class = "pagenum">33</span> +<p>I serve it with greens in those shadowy scenes,</p> +<p class = "indent">And I use it for striking a light:</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +“But if ever I meet with a Boojum, that day,</p> +<p class = "indent">In a moment (of this I am sure),</p> +<p>I shall softly and suddenly vanish <span class = +"locked">away—</span></p> +<p class = "indent">And the notion I cannot endure!”</p> +</div> + + +<!-- page 34 --> +<span class = "pagenum">35</span> + +<h3><a name = "fitIV" id = "fitIV"> +FIT IV.—THE HUNTING.</a></h3> + +<!-- page 36 --> + +<span class = "pagenum">37</span> + +<p class = "illustration"> +<img src = "images/fitIV.png" width = "225" height = "33" +alt = "Fit the Fourth." title = "Fit the Fourth."></p> + +<h4><i>THE HUNTING.</i></h4> + + +<div class = "verse"> +<p><span class = "firstword">The</span> Bellman looked uffish, and +wrinkled his brow.</p> +<p class = "indent">“If only you’d spoken before!</p> +<p>It’s excessively awkward to mention it now,</p> +<p class = "indent">With the Snark, so to speak, at the door!</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +“We should all of us grieve, as you well may believe,</p> +<p class = "indent">If you never were met with <span class = +"locked">again—</span></p> +<p>But surely, my man, when the voyage began,</p> +<p class = "indent">You might have suggested it then?</p> + +<span class = "pagenum">38</span> +<p class = "stanza"> +“It’s excessively awkward to mention it <span class = +"locked">now—</span></p> +<p class = "indent">As I think I’ve already remarked.”</p> +<p>And the man they called “Hi!” replied, with a sigh,</p> +<p class = "indent">“I informed you the day we embarked.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +“You may charge me with murder—or want of <span class = +"locked">sense—</span></p> +<p class = "indent">(We are all of us weak at times):</p> +<p>But the slightest approach to a false pretence</p> +<p class = "indent">Was never among my crimes!</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +“I said it in Hebrew—I said it in <span class = +"locked">Dutch—</span></p> +<p class = "indent">I said it in German and Greek:</p> +<span class = "pagenum">39</span> +<p>But I wholly forgot (and it vexes me much)</p> +<p class = "indent">That English is what you speak!”</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +“’Tis a pitiful tale,” said the Bellman, whose face</p> +<p class = "indent">Had grown longer at every word:</p> +<p>“But, now that you’ve stated the whole of your case,</p> +<p class = "indent">More debate would be simply absurd.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +“The rest of my speech” (he explained to his men)</p> +<p class = "indent">“You shall hear when I’ve leisure to speak it.</p> +<p>But the Snark is at hand, let me tell you again!</p> +<p class = "indent">’Tis your glorious duty to seek it!</p> + +<span class = "pagenum">40</span> +<p class = "stanza"> +“To seek it with thimbles, to seek it with care;</p> +<p class = "indent">To pursue it with forks and hope;</p> +<p>To threaten its life with a railway-share;</p> +<p class = "indent">To charm it with smiles and soap!</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +“For the Snark’s a peculiar creature, that won’t</p> +<p class = "indent">Be caught in a commonplace way.</p> +<p>Do all that you know, and try all that you don’t:</p> +<p class = "indent">Not a chance must be wasted to-day!</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +“For England expects—I forbear to proceed:</p> +<p class = "indent">’Tis a maxim tremendous, but trite:</p> +<p>And you’d best be unpacking the things that you need</p> +<p class = "indent">To rig yourselves out for the fight.”</p> +</div> + +<span class = "pagenum">41</span> +<p class = "illustration"> +<img src = "images/page41.png" width = "351" height = "526" +alt = "the crew and more"></p> + +<div class = "verse"> +<span class = "pagenum">42</span> +<p class = "stanza"> +Then the Banker endorsed a blank cheque (which he crossed),</p> +<p class = "indent">And changed his loose silver for notes.</p> +<p>The Baker with care combed his whiskers and hair,</p> +<p class = "indent">And shook the dust out of his coats.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +The Boots and the Broker were sharpening a <span class = +"locked">spade—</span></p> +<p class = "indent">Each working the grindstone in turn:</p> +<p>But the Beaver went on making lace, and displayed</p> +<p class = "indent">No interest in the concern:</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +Though the Barrister tried to appeal to its pride,</p> +<p class = "indent">And vainly proceeded to cite</p> +<span class = "pagenum">43</span> +<p>A number of cases, in which making laces</p> +<p class = "indent">Had been proved an infringement of right.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +The maker of Bonnets ferociously planned</p> +<p class = "indent">A novel arrangement of bows:</p> +<p>While the Billiard-marker with quivering hand</p> +<p class = "indent">Was chalking the tip of his nose.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +But the Butcher turned nervous, and dressed himself fine,</p> +<p class = "indent">With yellow kid gloves and a <span class = +"locked">ruff—</span></p> +<p>Said he felt it exactly like going to dine,</p> +<p class = "indent">Which the Bellman declared was all “stuff.”</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +“Introduce me, now there’s a good fellow,” he said,</p> +<p class = "indent">“If we happen to meet it together!”</p> +<span class = "pagenum">44</span> +<p>And the Bellman, sagaciously nodding his head,</p> +<p class = "indent">Said “That must depend on the weather.”</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +The Beaver went simply galumphing about,</p> +<p class = "indent">At seeing the Butcher so shy:</p> +<p>And even the Baker, though stupid and stout,</p> +<p class = "indent">Made an effort to wink with one eye.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +“Be a man!” said the Bellman in wrath, as he heard</p> +<p class = "indent">The Butcher beginning to sob.</p> +<p>“Should we meet with a Jubjub, that desperate bird,</p> +<p class = "indent">We shall need all our strength for the job!”</p> +</div> + + +<span class = "pagenum">45</span> + +<h3><a name = "fitV" id = "fitV"> +FIT V.—THE BEAVER’S LESSON.</a></h3> + +<!-- page 46 --> + +<span class = "pagenum">47</span> + +<p class = "illustration"> +<img src = "images/fitV.png" width = "208" height = "35" +alt = "Fit the Fifth." title = "Fit the Fifth."></p> + +<h4><i>THE BEAVER’S LESSON.</i></h4> + + +<div class = "verse"> +<p><span class = "firstword">They</span> sought it with thimbles, they +sought it with care;</p> +<p class = "indent">They pursued it with forks and hope;</p> +<p>They threatened its life with a railway-share;</p> +<p class = "indent">They charmed it with smiles and soap.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +Then the Butcher contrived an ingenious plan</p> +<p class = "indent">For making a separate sally;</p> +<p>And had fixed on a spot unfrequented by man,</p> +<p class = "indent">A dismal and desolate valley.</p> + +<span class = "pagenum">48</span> +<p class = "stanza"> +But the very same plan to the Beaver occurred:</p> +<p class = "indent">It had chosen the very same place:</p> +<p>Yet neither betrayed, by a sign or a word,</p> +<p class = "indent">The disgust that appeared in his face.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +Each thought he was thinking of nothing but “Snark”</p> +<p class = "indent">And the glorious work of the day;</p> +<p>And each tried to pretend that he did not remark</p> +<p class = "indent">That the other was going that way.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +But the valley grew narrow and narrower still,</p> +<p class = "indent">And the evening got darker and colder,</p> +<p>Till (merely from nervousness, not from goodwill)</p> +<p class = "indent">They marched along shoulder to shoulder.</p> + +<span class = "pagenum">49</span> +<p class = "stanza"> +Then a scream, shrill and high, rent the shuddering sky,</p> +<p class = "indent">And they knew that some danger was near:</p> +<p>The Beaver turned pale to the tip of its tail,</p> +<p class = "indent">And even the Butcher felt queer.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +He thought of his childhood, left far far <span class = +"locked">behind—</span></p> +<p class = "indent">That blissful and innocent <span class = +"locked">state—</span></p> +<p>The sound so exactly recalled to his mind</p> +<p class = "indent">A pencil that squeaks on a slate!</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +“’Tis the voice of the Jubjub!” he suddenly cried.</p> +<p class = "indent">(This man, that they used to call “Dunce.”)</p> +<p>“As the Bellman would tell you,” he added with pride,</p> +<p class = "indent">“I have uttered that sentiment once.</p> + +<span class = "pagenum">50</span> +<p class = "stanza"> +“’Tis the note of the Jubjub! Keep count, I entreat;</p> +<p class = "indent">You will find I have told it you twice.</p> +<p>’Tis the song of the Jubjub! The proof is complete,</p> +<p class = "indent">If only I’ve stated it thrice.”</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +The Beaver had counted with scrupulous care,</p> +<p class = "indent">Attending to every word:</p> +<p>But it fairly lost heart, and outgrabe in despair,</p> +<p class = "indent">When the third repetition occurred.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +It felt that, in spite of all possible pains,</p> +<p class = "indent">It had somehow contrived to lose count,</p> +<span class = "pagenum">51</span> +<p>And the only thing now was to rack its poor brains</p> +<p class = "indent">By reckoning up the amount.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +“Two added to one—if that could but be done,”</p> +<p class = "indent">It said, “with one’s fingers and thumbs!”</p> +<p>Recollecting with tears how, in earlier years,</p> +<p class = "indent">It had taken no pains with its sums.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +“The thing can be done,” said the Butcher, “I think.</p> +<p class = "indent">The thing must be done, I am sure.</p> +<p>The thing shall be done! Bring me paper and ink,</p> +<p class = "indent">The best there is time to procure.”</p> +</div> + +<span class = "pagenum">52</span> +<p class = "illustration"> +<img src = "images/page52.png" width = "354" height = "520" +alt = "the Butcher does sums"></p> + +<div class = "verse"> +<span class = "pagenum">53</span> +<p class = "stanza"> +The Beaver brought paper, portfolio, pens,</p> +<p class = "indent">And ink in unfailing supplies:</p> +<p>While strange creepy creatures came out of their dens,</p> +<p class = "indent">And watched them with wondering eyes.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +So engrossed was the Butcher, he heeded them not,</p> +<p class = "indent">As he wrote with a pen in each hand,</p> +<p>And explained all the while in a popular style</p> +<p class = "indent">Which the Beaver could well understand.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +“Taking Three as the subject to reason <span class = +"locked">about—</span></p> +<p class = "indent">A convenient number to <span class = +"locked">state—</span></p> +<p>We add Seven, and Ten, and then multiply out</p> +<p class = "indent">By One Thousand diminished by Eight.</p> + +<span class = "pagenum">54</span> +<p class = "stanza"> +“The result we proceed to divide, as you see,</p> +<p class = "indent">By Nine Hundred and Ninety and Two:</p> +<p>Then subtract Seventeen, and the answer must be</p> +<p class = "indent">Exactly and perfectly true.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +“The method employed I would gladly explain,</p> +<p class = "indent">While I have it so clear in my head,</p> +<p>If I had but the time and you had but the <span class = +"locked">brain—</span></p> +<p class = "indent">But much yet remains to be said.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +“In one moment I’ve seen what has hitherto been</p> +<p class = "indent">Enveloped in absolute mystery,</p> +<p>And without extra charge I will give you at large</p> +<p class = "indent">A Lesson in Natural History.”</p> + +<span class = "pagenum">55</span> +<p class = "stanza"> +In his genial way he proceeded to say</p> +<p class = "indent">(Forgetting all laws of propriety,</p> +<p>And that giving instruction, without introduction,</p> +<p class = "indent">Would have caused quite a thrill in Society),</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +“As to temper the Jubjub’s a desperate bird,</p> +<p class = "indent">Since it lives in perpetual passion:</p> +<p>Its taste in costume is entirely <span class = +"locked">absurd—</span></p> +<p class = "indent">It is ages ahead of the fashion:</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +“But it knows any friend it has met once before:</p> +<p class = "indent">It never will look at a bribe:</p> +<p>And in charity-meetings it stands at the door,</p> +<p class = "indent">And collects—though it does not subscribe.</p> + +<span class = "pagenum">56</span> +<p class = "stanza"> +“Its flavour when cooked is more exquisite far</p> +<p class = "indent">Than mutton, or oysters, or eggs:</p> +<p>(Some think it keeps best in an ivory jar,</p> +<p class = "indent">And some, in mahogany kegs:)</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +“You boil it in sawdust: you salt it in glue:</p> +<p class = "indent">You condense it with locusts and tape:</p> +<p>Still keeping one principal object in <span class = +"locked">view—</span></p> +<p class = "indent">To preserve its symmetrical shape.”</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +The Butcher would gladly have talked till next day,</p> +<p class = "indent">But he felt that the Lesson must end,</p> +<p>And he wept with delight in attempting to say</p> +<p class = "indent">He considered the Beaver his friend.</p> + +<span class = "pagenum">57</span> +<p class = "stanza"> +While the Beaver confessed, with affectionate looks</p> +<p class = "indent">More eloquent even than tears,</p> +<p>It had learned in ten minutes far more than all books</p> +<p class = "indent">Would have taught it in seventy years.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +They returned hand-in-hand, and the Bellman, unmanned</p> +<p class = "indent">(For a moment) with noble emotion,</p> +<p>Said “This amply repays all the wearisome days</p> +<p class = "indent">We have spent on the billowy ocean!”</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +Such friends, as the Beaver and Butcher became,</p> +<p class = "indent">Have seldom if ever been known;</p> +<span class = "pagenum">58</span> +<p>In winter or summer, ’twas always the <span class = +"locked">same—</span></p> +<p class = "indent">You could never meet either alone.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +And when quarrels arose—as one frequently finds</p> +<p class = "indent">Quarrels will, spite of every <span class = +"locked">endeavour—</span></p> +<p>The song of the Jubjub recurred to their minds,</p> +<p class = "indent">And cemented their friendship for ever!</p> +</div> + + +<span class = "pagenum">59</span> + +<h3><a name = "fitVI" id = "fitVI"> +FIT VI.—THE BARRISTER’S DREAM.</a></h3> + +<!-- page 60 --> + +<span class = "pagenum">61</span> + +<p class = "illustration"> +<img src = "images/fitVI.png" width = "200" height = "33" +alt = "Fit the Sixth." title = "Fit the Sixth."></p> + +<h4><i>THE BARRISTER’S DREAM.</i></h4> + + +<div class = "verse"> +<p><span class = "firstword">They</span> sought it with thimbles, they +sought it with care;</p> +<p class = "indent">They pursued it with forks and hope;</p> +<p>They threatened its life with a railway-share;</p> +<p class = "indent">They charmed it with smiles and soap.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +But the Barrister, weary of proving in vain</p> +<p class = "indent">That the Beaver’s lace-making was wrong,</p> +<p>Fell asleep, and in dreams saw the creature quite plain</p> +<p class = "indent">That his fancy had dwelt on so long.</p> +</div> + +<span class = "pagenum">62</span> +<p class = "illustration"> +<img src = "images/page62.png" width = "523" height = "357" +alt = "the Barrister's dream"></p> + +<div class = "verse"> +<span class = "pagenum">63</span> +<p class = "stanza"> +He dreamed that he stood in a shadowy Court,</p> +<p class = "indent">Where the Snark, with a glass in its eye,</p> +<p>Dressed in gown, bands, and wig, was defending a pig</p> +<p class = "indent">On the charge of deserting its sty.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +The Witnesses proved, without error or flaw,</p> +<p class = "indent">That the sty was deserted when found:</p> +<p>And the Judge kept explaining the state of the law</p> +<p class = "indent">In a soft under-current of sound.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +The indictment had never been clearly expressed,</p> +<p class = "indent">And it seemed that the Snark had begun,</p> +<p>And had spoken three hours, before any one guessed</p> +<p class = "indent">What the pig was supposed to have done.</p> + +<span class = "pagenum">64</span> +<p class = "stanza"> +The Jury had each formed a different view</p> +<p class = "indent">(Long before the indictment was read),</p> +<p>And they all spoke at once, so that none of them knew</p> +<p class = "indent">One word that the others had said.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +“You must know—” said the Judge: but the Snark exclaimed +“Fudge!</p> +<p class = "indent">That statute is obsolete quite!</p> +<p>Let me tell you, my friends, the whole question depends</p> +<p class = "indent">On an ancient manorial right.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +“In the matter of Treason the pig would appear</p> +<p class = "indent">To have aided, but scarcely abetted:</p> +<span class = "pagenum">65</span> +<p>While the charge of Insolvency fails, it is clear,</p> +<p class = "indent">If you grant the plea ‘never indebted.’</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +“The fact of Desertion I will not dispute:</p> +<p class = "indent">But its guilt, as I trust, is removed</p> +<p>(So far as relates to the costs of this suit)</p> +<p class = "indent">By the Alibi which has been proved.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +“My poor client’s fate now depends on your votes.”</p> +<p class = "indent">Here the speaker sat down in his place,</p> +<p>And directed the Judge to refer to his notes</p> +<p class = "indent">And briefly to sum up the case.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +But the Judge said he never had summed up before;</p> +<p class = "indent">So the Snark undertook it instead,</p> +<span class = "pagenum">66</span> +<p>And summed it so well that it came to far more</p> +<p class = "indent">Than the Witnesses ever had said!</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +When the verdict was called for, the Jury declined,</p> +<p class = "indent">As the word was so puzzling to spell;</p> +<p>But they ventured to hope that the Snark wouldn’t mind</p> +<p class = "indent">Undertaking that duty as well.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +So the Snark found the verdict, although, as it owned,</p> +<p class = "indent">It was spent with the toils of the day:</p> +<p>When it said the word “GUILTY!” the Jury all groaned,</p> +<p class = "indent">And some of them fainted away.</p> + +<span class = "pagenum">67</span> +<p class = "stanza"> +Then the Snark pronounced sentence, the Judge being quite</p> +<p class = "indent">Too nervous to utter a word:</p> +<p>When it rose to its feet, there was silence like night,</p> +<p class = "indent">And the fall of a pin might be heard.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +“Transportation for life” was the sentence it gave,</p> +<p class = "indent">“And <i>then</i> to be fined forty pound.”</p> +<p>The Jury all cheered, though the Judge said he feared</p> +<p class = "indent">That the phrase was not legally sound.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +But their wild exultation was suddenly checked</p> +<p class = "indent">When the jailer informed them, with tears,</p> +<p>Such a sentence would have not the slightest effect,</p> +<p class = "indent">As the pig had been dead for some years.</p> + +<span class = "pagenum">68</span> +<p class = "stanza"> +The Judge left the Court, looking deeply disgusted:</p> +<p class = "indent">But the Snark, though a little aghast,</p> +<p>As the lawyer to whom the defence was intrusted,</p> +<p class = "indent">Went bellowing on to the last.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +Thus the Barrister dreamed, while the bellowing seemed</p> +<p class = "indent">To grow every moment more clear:</p> +<p>Till he woke to the knell of a furious bell,</p> +<p class = "indent">Which the Bellman rang close at his ear.</p> +</div> + + +<span class = "pagenum">69</span> + +<h3><a name = "fitVII" id = "fitVII"> +FIT VII.—THE BANKER’S FATE.</a></h3> + +<!-- page 70 --> + +<span class = "pagenum">71</span> + +<p class = "illustration"> +<img src = "images/fitVII.png" width = "251" height = "33" +alt = "Fit the Seventh." title = "Fit the Seventh."></p> + +<h4><i>THE BANKER’S FATE.</i></h4> + + +<div class = "verse"> +<p><span class = "firstword">They</span> sought it with thimbles, they +sought it with care;</p> +<p class = "indent">They pursued it with forks and hope;</p> +<p>They threatened its life with a railway-share;</p> +<p class = "indent">They charmed it with smiles and soap.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +And the Banker, inspired with a courage so new</p> +<p class = "indent">It was matter for general remark,</p> +<p>Rushed madly ahead and was lost to their view</p> +<p class = "indent">In his zeal to discover the Snark.</p> + +<span class = "pagenum">72</span> +<p class = "stanza"> +But while he was seeking with thimbles and care,</p> +<p class = "indent">A Bandersnatch swiftly drew nigh</p> +<p>And grabbed at the Banker, who shrieked in despair,</p> +<p class = "indent">For he knew it was useless to fly.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +He offered large discount—he offered a cheque</p> +<p class = "indent">(Drawn “to bearer”) for seven-pounds-ten:</p> +<p>But the Bandersnatch merely extended its neck</p> +<p class = "indent">And grabbed at the Banker again.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +Without rest or pause—while those frumious jaws</p> +<p class = "indent">Went savagely snapping <span class = +"locked">around—</span></p> +<p>He skipped and he hopped, and he floundered and flopped,</p> +<p class = "indent">Till fainting he fell to the ground.</p> + +<span class = "pagenum">73</span> +<p class = "stanza"> +The Bandersnatch fled as the others appeared</p> +<p class = "indent">Led on by that fear-stricken yell:</p> +<p>And the Bellman remarked “It is just as I feared!”</p> +<p class = "indent">And solemnly tolled on his bell.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +He was black in the face, and they scarcely could trace</p> +<p class = "indent">The least likeness to what he had been:</p> +<p>While so great was his fright that his waistcoat turned <span class = +"locked">white—</span></p> +<p class = "indent">A wonderful thing to be seen!</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +To the horror of all who were present that day.</p> +<p class = "indent">He uprose in full evening dress,</p> +<p>And with senseless grimaces endeavoured to say</p> +<p class = "indent">What his tongue could no longer express.</p> +</div> + +<span class = "pagenum">74</span> +<p class = "illustration"> +<img src = "images/page74.png" width = "521" height = "353" +alt = "the Banker in a chair"></p> + +<div class = "verse"> +<span class = "pagenum">75</span> +<p class = "stanza"> +Down he sank in a chair—ran his hands through his <span class = +"locked">hair—</span></p> +<p class = "indent">And chanted in mimsiest tones</p> +<p>Words whose utter inanity proved his insanity,</p> +<p class = "indent">While he rattled a couple of bones.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +“Leave him here to his fate—it is getting so late!”</p> +<p class = "indent">The Bellman exclaimed in a fright.</p> +<p>“We have lost half the day. Any further delay,</p> +<p class = "indent">And we sha’n’t catch a Snark before night!”</p> +</div> + +<!-- page 76 --> +<span class = "pagenum">77</span> + +<h3><a name = "fitVIII" id = "fitVIII"> +FIT VIII.—THE VANISHING.</a></h3> + +<!-- page 78 --> + +<span class = "pagenum">79</span> + +<p class = "illustration"> +<img src = "images/fitVIII.png" width = "223" height = "32" +alt = "Fit the Eighth." title = "Fit the Eighth."></p> + +<h4><i>THE VANISHING.</i></h4> + + +<div class = "verse"> +<p><span class = "firstword">They</span> sought it with thimbles, they +sought it with care;</p> +<p class = "indent">They pursued it with forks and hope;</p> +<p>They threatened its life with a railway-share;</p> +<p class = "indent">They charmed it with smiles and soap.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +They shuddered to think that the chase might fail,</p> +<p class = "indent">And the Beaver, excited at last,</p> +<p>Went bounding along on the tip of its tail,</p> +<p class = "indent">For the daylight was nearly past.</p> + +<span class = "pagenum">80</span> +<p class = "stanza"> +“There is Thingumbob shouting!” the Bellman said.</p> +<p class = "indent">“He is shouting like mad, only hark!</p> +<p>He is waving his hands, he is wagging his head,</p> +<p class = "indent">He has certainly found a Snark!”</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +They gazed in delight, while the Butcher exclaimed</p> +<p class = "indent">“He was always a desperate wag!”</p> +<p>They beheld him—their Baker—their hero <span class = +"locked">unnamed—</span></p> +<p class = "indent">On the top of a neighbouring crag,</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +Erect and sublime, for one moment of time.</p> +<p class = "indent">In the next, that wild figure they saw</p> +<span class = "pagenum">81</span> +<p>(As if stung by a spasm) plunge into a chasm,</p> +<p class = "indent">While they waited and listened in awe.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +“It’s a Snark!” was the sound that first came to their ears,</p> +<p class = "indent">And seemed almost too good to be true.</p> +<p>Then followed a torrent of laughter and cheers:</p> +<p class = "indent">Then the ominous words “It’s a Boo–”</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +Then, silence. Some fancied they heard in the air</p> +<p class = "indent">A weary and wandering sigh</p> +<p>That sounded like “–jum!” but the others declare</p> +<p class = "indent">It was only a breeze that went by.</p> +</div> +</div> + +<span class = "pagenum">82</span> +<p class = "illustration"> +<img src = "images/page82.png" width = "354" height = "522" +alt = "a face in the underbrush"></p> + +<div class = "verse"> +<div class = "verse"> +<span class = "pagenum">83</span> +<p class = "stanza"> +They hunted till darkness came on, but they found</p> +<p class = "indent">Not a button, or feather, or mark,</p> +<p>By which they could tell that they stood on the ground</p> +<p class = "indent">Where the Baker had met with the Snark.</p> + +<p class = "stanza"> +In the midst of the word he was trying to say,</p> +<p class = "indent">In the midst of his laughter and glee,</p> +<p>He had softly and suddenly vanished <span class = +"locked">away—</span></p> +<p class = "indent">For the Snark <i>was</i> a Boojum, you see.</p> +</div> + +<p> </p> + +<h6>THE END.</h6> + +<hr class = "small"> + +<div class = "page"> + +<span class = "pagenum">84</span> +<h6><span class = "smaller">LONDON:<br> +R. 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