edward lear and the quangle-wangle

And as the few fishes who remained uneaten complained of the cold, as well as the difficulty they had in getting any sleep on account of the extreme noise made by the arctic bears and the tropical turnspits, which frequented the neighborhood in great numbers, Violet most amiably knitted a small woolen frock for several of the fishes, and Slingsby administered some opium-drops to them; through which kindness they became quite warm, and slept soundly.

from Edward Lear's "The Story of the Four Little Children who Went Around the World,"
 The Junior Classics Stories of Wonder and Magic