Seventh of henry holiday's original ilustrations to "the hunting of the snark" by lewis carroll. From fit the fifth: the beaver's lesson. The butcher and beaver hear the song of the jubjub bird, and this causes the butcher to be reminded of his childhood, and begin a lengthy lesson to he beaver. Afterwards, they become friends. As for the strange creatures:
the beaver brought paper, portfolio, pens,
and ink in unfailing supplies:
while strange creepy creatures came out of their dens,
and watched them with wondering eyes. So engrossed was the butcher, the heeded them not,
as he wrote with a pen in each hand,
and explained all the while in a popular style
which the beaver could well understand. The rest of the lesson is pretty much complete nonsense. Date: Originally 1876, this edition 1931..
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