Editing The Hunting of the Snark (section)

=== Characters ===

The crew consists of ten members, where all but one description of the members begin with the letter B:{{sfn|Kelly|1990|p=67}} a [[Town crier|Bellman]], the leader; a [[Shoeshiner|Boots]]{{efn|In his German translation of ''The Hunting of the Snark'',<ref>Günther Flemming, ALICE. Band 3: "Die Jagd nach dem Schnark (Lewis Carroll), ALICEANA & Essays zu Leben und Werk". Aus dem Englischen übersetzt und kommentiert, 668 pages, (Berlin, 2013) ISBN 978-3-8442-6493-7</ref> Günther Flemming assumes on p. 161 that "Boots" is a portmanteau word for "Bonnets and Hoods", and that therefore the Snark hunting party only consists of nine members, not of ten members.}} (the only member of the crew without an illustration);{{sfn|Gardner|2006|p=17}} a maker of [[Bonnet (headgear)|Bonnet]]s and Hoods (the only description which does not begin with the letter B); a [[Barrister]], who settles arguments among the crew; a [[Appraiser|Broker]], who can appraise the goods of the crew; a [[Billiards|Billiard]]-marker, who is greatly skilled; a [[Banker]], who possesses all of the crew's money; a [[Beaver]], who makes lace and has saved the crew from disaster several times; a [[Baker]], who can only bake wedding cake, forgets his belongings and his name, but possesses courage; and a [[Butcher]], who can only kill beavers.{{sfn|Carroll|1898|pp=8–14}}

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File:Snark Bellman.jpg|Bellman
File:Snark Bonnet Maker.jpg|Maker of Bonnets and Hoods
File:Snark Barrister.jpg|Barrister
File:Snark Broker.jpg|Broker
File:Snark Billiard Marker.jpg|Billiard-marker
File:Snark Banker.jpg|Banker
File:Snark Beaver.jpg|Beaver
File:Snark Baker.jpg|Baker
File:Snark Butcher.jpg|Butcher
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