ABSTRACT

  Hamlet. Do you see yonder cloud that’s almost in shape of a camel? Polonius. By the mass, and ‘tis like a camel, indeed. Hamlet. Methinks it is like a weasel. Polonius. It is back’d like a weasel. Hamlet. Or like a whale? Polonius. Very like a whale. —Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 2