A CANNED LIFE - DAVE FREER - AUTHOR, DOORSTOP, ICHTHYOLOGIST, BUFFOON, GASTRONOME, PART-TIME MONKEY AND MAN OF ONE LETTER.

"His form is ungainly -- his intellect small --"

(So the Bellman would often remark) --

But his courage is perfect! And that, after all,

Is the thing one needs with a Snark.

He would joke with hyenas, returning their stare,

With an impudent wag of the head:

And he once went a walk, paw-in-paw, with a bear,

"Just to keep up its spirits," he said.

Lewis Carroll, The Hunting of the Snark: Fit the first.