FLAG SIGNALS
The Bellman's speech - 'For England expects...', an illustration by John Vernon Lord in
Lewis Carroll's The Hunting of the Snark, Artists' Choice Editions, 2006.
The text:
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"For
England expects--I forbear to proceed:
'Tis a maxim tremendous, but trite:
And you'd best be unpacking the things that
you need
To rig yourselves out for the fight."
The flag signals read: "England expects every man to do his duty"
The Bellman's speech hints at the flag signal - "England expects every man to do his duty" - that Horatio Nelson ordered to his fleet just before he was killed by a gunshot at the battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
This flag signal spells 'SNARK' - an illustration by John Vernon Lord in
Lewis Carroll's The Hunting of the Snark, Artists' Choice Editions, 2006.
This flag signal spells 'BOOJUM' - an illustration by John Vernon Lord in
Lewis Carroll's The Hunting of the Snark, Artists' Choice Editions, 2006.
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