text:  An occasional benevolent Christian complied with his request to the extent of a dig with a stout boot under the rib; but every now and then the furibund jarvey apologised to us for the slowness of our course by asking--"Won't I serve him out when I gets a whip!" A whip he at last got and made up for lost time by belabouring the lazy culprit in a very scientific manner; and having got us all into a gallop he became quite pleasant and communicative