text:  A leader was added when we had got a little way up; but as they neglected to furnish our coachman with a whip long enough to reach beyond his wheeler's ears our unicorn pursued the even tenor of his way with very slackened traces while our friend sat the picture of indignation with his short _flagellum_ in his hand and implored all the male population who overtook us to favour him by kicking the unhappy leader to death