Mandrake-swamp and stagnant fen,—
Where the spiders look like asses,
And the asses grow like men,—
Where the Shniego-Bmouvé sitteth
Hairless underneath his hat,
And a white man is a dainty
Irresistible if fat,—
Where the alligator gambols—
Whale like—in the black lagoon;—
Went unscathed B. P. Du Chaillu,