Presently they came to a collection of factories, the tall chimneys of
which poured out smoke in great volume.
"Those are the Smoking Stacks of Industry," said the Hatter.
"What do they manufacture here?" asked Alice.
"Cartoonatums," said the Hatter. "A cartoonatum," he explained, "is a
combination of wheels, rods, cogs, hoppers, cranks, etc., which
sometimes looks like a sausage grinder and sometimes like a
try-your-weight machine. It couldn't possibly go, any more than the
locomotives in Cartoonland."
"Why don't the Cartoonlanders have machines that _can_ go?" inquired
Alice.
"That," replied the Hatter, "would require a little study and
observation."