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THE BARRISTER'S DREAM.

He dreamed that he stood in a shadowy Court,  Where the Snark, with a glass in its eye, Dressed in gown, bands, and wig, was defending a pig  On the charge of deserting its sty. The Witnesses proved, without error or flaw,  That the sty was deserted when found: And the Judge kept explaining the state of the law  In a soft under-current of sound. The indictment had never been clearly expressed,  And it seemed that the Snark had begun, And had spoken three hours, before any one guessed  What the pig was supposed to have done.