New-York tribune., 1873-05-14
ELUDING THE CARLIsTs.

oCUANDIANO WITH ITS UNATTRACTIvE FEATURES
INCIDENTS OF A JOURNEY TO vERGARA.
lFRon THE SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE.
VrToRIA, April 2O.-I must now endeavor to
give you idea of the state Of postal communications
in Biscay by recountng the troubles, dangers and dis
comforts experienced in the arduous undertaking OF
posting my letters. Ochandano is heap OF dirty
houses containing about 1000 inhabitants, each OF whom
is Cart to the bones II possesses eas bugs and dogs
in abundance and priests also plentiful until they
changed for he garb Of Mars The deas and
bugs which in the proportion OF several thousands
20 each inhabitant dourshng condition. thanks
TO the baekmail they levy traveller that ncurs
the misfortune Of passing a night among them They
are active beyond all question, aud would certainly pull
one out OF bed If only unanimous In their Efforts The
dogs hdeOus Skeletons with sinister looks and COW
cred with NANCY skins; they grfnned at me IN
my slumbeFs I writhed with agony III the
fangs OF my carniyOrous enemies. These
together with the oleagnous decaeies OF my supper
the Of the restless night passed in the
little back room OF the Grand Hotel of Oenandiano.
These dscomors, only regarded as such by the mex
perenced visitor great but there IS another even
TO him. and that s the absence OF any such ns
post. greeted the rising morn with delight,
but only to tnd that in coming 20 Ochandiano had
wandered away completely from civilization There
was no means OF sending my letter and therefore was
not sorry when tue bugle sounded the assembly and
wended my weary steps. this time skIrtlng tue VIA
sIerras toward Elorro. We arrived in this flown at
D. m Elorrio ia a shade less dirty than but quite as
Carst as Ochandiano and has the merit OF possessing
an inn, whore you can choose OF three beds with
which every room furnished except the sittngroom-
TINS being totally unincunbered by furniture and
consequently delightfully."- airy.
After having paraken OF some mysterious FOOD with
which an amiabie aud accommodating young lady with
front teeth had egaed us, we were informed tnat
the inhabitants Of Elorio, like their brethren Of
Ochandiano, scOFned nave any relations with the
outer world by means OF post on this my companion
In msfortune-the correspondent of the Paris Temps
and held a conference In which t was proposed by me,
enthusiastically seconded by him and unanimously
carried that we should constitute ourselves our own
postmen far vergara. and 10 the astonshment OF
all who sympaihzed not with our state OF savage
desperation. We loaded couple OF Basque glaus with
our leather bags looked the prming OF reyolvers,
filled the TASKS aud grdug loins' stepped torth INFO
the wilderness Just night began 70 spread her dark
mantle over hill and dale. Fortunately my friend
and / had been over the ground before and
We were not therefore alarmed. wnen our guides
pushing aside the branches OF some dgnined OLD ASH
trees rebounded their original positions with
a fury of which our poor faces we're the Victims dYed
into wooded dell through which we stumbled, slpped
and nmped initiating now the graceful hop OF the kan
raroo and anon the antics OF beginner IN the noble arr
OF skating. After while emerged on the high road,
whose windings we had cheated by this short cut aud
put best feet forward regardless OF the nnS ~