You boil it in saw dust: you salt it in glue: You condense it with locust and tape: Still keeping one principle object in view — To preserve its symmetrical shape.


The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll, The Hunting of the Snark, Fit the Fifth (p. 772), The Modern Library. 1936

Lewis Carroll Quotes

You boil it in saw dust: you salt it in glue: You condense it with locust and tape: Still keeping one principle object in view — To preserve its...

You boil it in saw dust: you salt it in glue: You condense it with locust and tape: Still keeping one principle object in view — To preserve its...

You boil it in saw dust: you salt it in glue: You condense it with locust and tape: Still keeping one principle object in view — To preserve its...

You boil it in saw dust: you salt it in glue: You condense it with locust and tape: Still keeping one principle object in view — To preserve its...