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Forty-two boxes

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Recorded

The Baker’s luggage in The Hunting of the Snark

“He had forty-two boxes, all carefully packed… They were all left behind on the beach.”

What it supports

A second Carroll 42 (1876). Often noted that Carroll was forty-two when he wrote the line.

What it does not

The age correspondence is a biography, not a cause.

ExactnessAuthored use

Form42

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Strengthhard

When1876

Source

Carroll, The Hunting of the Snark (1876), Fit the First

Owner

The Book of 42