the hunting of the snark

“The fact of Desertion I will not dispute; But its guilt, as I trust, is removed (So far as related to the costs of this suit) By the Alibi ...

“You must know —” said the Judge: but the Snark exclaimed “Fudge!” That statute is obsolete quite! Let me tell you, my friends, the whole qu...

The indictment had never been clearly expressed, And it seemed that the Snark had begun, And had spoken three hours, before any one guessed ...

More half-truths, demi-lies and outright double-cross-hatchery, a tapestry of black and white shot through with the glittering threads of Gi...

The Witnesses proved, without error or flaw, That the sty was deserted when found: And the Judge kept explaining the state of the law In a s...

He dreamed that he stood in a shadowy Court, Where the Snark, with a glass in its eye, Dressed in gown, bands, and wig, was defending a pig ...

But the Barrister, weary of proving in vain That the Beaver’s lace-making was wrong, Fell asleep, and in dreams saw the creature quite plain...

They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care; They pursued it with forks and hope; They threatened its life with a railway-share; ...

With a nightmarish fanfare of snores and snorts, Fit the Sixth of Lewis Carroll’s cri-de-cœur, AKA The Hunting of the Snark, now heaves int...

And when quarrels arose — as one frequently finds Quarrels will, spite of every endeavour — The song of the Jubjub recurred to their minds, ...

Such friends, as the Beaver and Butcher became, Have seldom if ever been known; In winter or summer, ‘twas always the same — You could never...

While the Beaver confessed, with affectionate looks More eloquent even than tears, It had learned in ten minutes far more than all books Wou...

The Butcher would gladly have talked till next day, But he felt that the lesson must end, And he wept with delight in attempting to say He c...

“You boil it in sawdust: you salt it in glue: You condense it with locusts and tape: Still keeping one principal object in view — To preserv...

“Its flavour when cooked is more exquisite far Than mutton, or oysters, or eggs: (Some think it keeps best in an ivory jar, And some, in mah...

This Snark Hunt must take a holiday of sorts this week. In lieu of the usual blather, I present to you the Major-General Butcher, who has k...