It strongly advised that the Butcher should be

⁠Conveyed in a separate ship:

But the Bellman declared that would never agree

⁠With the plans he had made for the trip:

Navigation was always a difficult art,

⁠Though with only one ship and one bell:

And he feared he must really decline, for his part,

⁠Undertaking another as well.

The Beaver's best course was, no doubt, to procure

⁠A second-hand dagger-proof coat—

So the Baker advised it—and next, to insure

⁠Its life in some Office of note: