Lewis Carroll: The Hunting of the Snark

1. Fit the First: THE LANDING (continued)

The Beaver's best course was, no doubt, to procure
     A second-hand dagger-proof coat--
So the Baker advised it-- and next, to insure
     Its life in some Office of note:

This the Banker suggested, and offered for hire
     (On moderate terms), or for sale,
Two excellent Policies, one Against Fire,
     And one Against Damage From Hail.

Yet still, ever after that sorrowful day,
     Whenever the Butcher was by,
The Beaver kept looking the opposite way,
     And appeared unaccountably shy.