Year: 1873

uaik nlSntS rocky patn constantly anu niosS
abruptly going up and down hhl covered
throughout with big, loose stones, and crossed by
streams, and nowhere wider than yard and q
hall, and you have q fair idea Of the road. If
you add to that the effect produced on ones nervous
system by strict orders OF general desnaontaduro
Tor getting or the horses, OF complete silence ana
OF prohibition Of anything like cigarette or
match being lighted, you have an additional ee-
ment Tor judging OF the conditions under which
war Is carried on here. We know, or course, tnat
the Pamylona column was unable to reach us, but
the proximity Of the San Estevan garrison actually
full masters of our lives was by no means reresn-
Ing. Our apprehensons OF danger Gained down
only after midnight when the village Of Labaen
was reached, where, If the danger was not CON-
petely passed. at all events some rest was allowed
| to our exhausted limbs and nerves. 1t should be
| added here that Don Carlos and his generals fully
shared the fatigue OF the men. All OF them walked
throughout at the head Of the column themselves,
| leading their horses by the brides ana having
| but small vanguard before them.


At Labaen another rather original sight pre-
sented ITSELF The place, which Is so small tnat IL
could not even be called village was aii a' once
crammed as 1t has certainly never Deeh Deiore. ~
was utterly impossible even for Don Carlos and MS
STAFF to move q single step forward before the van
guard was marched to its quarters consisting OF
couple OF little hu,s outside the village. The loud
talk of some two thousand men, for several hours
kept silent and now set at liberty, the neghing OF
horses the roar OF d0nkeys and mules, the barking
OF dogs-every thing had its place in this original
mise en- scene lghtened by means OF every bit Of
thick and thin wax candle that could be found in
the village church. 1t took US two hours before
every one OF the officers, men and horses had
shelter. or food there could, Of course, be no
question at such an hour; but sound sleep and
In of asst I'M oh IN
here when nothing else can be found, rendered us
quite fresh and bright next morning.


BRAVE LADY.


Don Carlos, who is invariably entertained at the
priests houses, which, as rule, are the best In the
villages, had here an opportunity quite unex-
pectedly, to show his courtesy and make room for
a lady. The Marchioness OF Vlnialet, whose young
son had been most severely wounded at the last
battle near Lecumberri and ior o time left as dead
on the field, came to see him at the ambulance of
this place and was on her way back to Biarritz
when we met her at Labaen. The brave lady had
travelled horseback, with couple of guides, all
the way from the fashionable seaside place to the
frontier Of GuipuZcoa and the best bed in the
priests house was, OF course, given to her and
already occupied when we reached the village. i
need not say how Don Carlos ana the whole OF his
star were touched by the lady's courage, nor
what sort of demonstration OF respect she was
made the object Of next morning when the troops
marched Of again and passed before her window.


MERRIMENT ON TIE MARCH.


But you would be wrong in imagining that be-
cause there are constantly great exposure and
fatigue, and now and then some danger the men
are not merry. Whenever there Is no prohibition
singing and laughing going on all day long, and
when there is an hour to spare after dinner or be-
fore nightfa the fandangO is sure to be seen
danced somewhere in the village square. At
Erasun, where we dined nalf way between Labaen
and Leisa, the BODY guards OF Don Carlos gave US
quite performance in that way. brass band,
recently formed, which plays not only on entering
and leaving the villages, but also takes advantage
OF every halt, began to play a national dancing
melody, and nearly the whole OF the horsemen
forming the body guards OF Don Carlos, and num-
bering twelve men, set at once to dance the fan
dango, with tumblers half full Of wine their
heads. The great thing is to dance as not to
lose a single drop out OF the tumbler, which
| grand result was attained with full sue
| cess this occasion, to the great delight
Of the population OF Erasun and to the apparent
satisfaction OF the Pretender himself, who was


looking all the time out OF the WINDOW, and threw
several Tor dollars to the most clever OF the
dancers. TO march twenty miles over mountains
and to dance and sing as soon as an hours rest is
given seem quite natural to the men engaged in



icsns ofthe more southern parts OF Spain will have
a long time to wait before they equal them in
agility, endurance or gayety.


SPRING CHICKENS FOR THE HERALD CORRESPONDENT.


On reaching Lelsa, the largest of the villages on
our way, we had regular triumpha entry. The
place was gayly decorated, and the village square
being q rather large one march past had been
got up Of all the troops We possessed, with the
band playing, church bell ringing and "Vird Carlo
Septimo ~ shouted accordingly. In fact, the i'm
preston produced the Inhabitants OF Leisa must
have been particularly strong, for the landady at
whose house had my quarters cut the throats Of
two Spring chickens and presented me with them
at dinner, supposing, probably, that had some.
thing TO do with the grand sight she had just wit
messed


CARE OF THE SICK AND WOUNDED.


At LecumbeTri the same trumphal entry was
repeated, but good deal less time had been spent
at it, in the first place. because the 1000 republi.
cans Of Pampeluna had almest reached our rear,
being within less than two hours behind u.s. and,
in the second, because Don Carlos here visited the
ambulances established after the last battle OF
Elio against Castanon. The wounded, numbering
now about sixty men, are as well cared for as Is in
any way possible with the limited means the Car
lists possess. Although the inhabitants help in
various ways the whole medical and chirurgical
work is done by a single man, not more than
twenty five years OF age (Don FREDERICK Ocaziz o
student Of the University Of Madrid, and, II am
not mistaken, the only medical man the Carlsts
have yet-at all events, the only man OF real
knowledge I have seen here). The French red
cross Is trying to establish Its ambulances
here, but nothing has been settled yet, for the
simple that the republicans refuse to recog-
nize the invio.ability of sick or wounded Carists
or even OF men attending TO them. However
negotiations seem to be going on with reference
to this subject between the legtlmists in power at
Paris and the intransigentes In power at Madrid,
and couple Of young Paris swes, with RED Cross
brassarts on their arms, are already TO be seen
here now and then, looking as II they had some
hopes Of coming TO an understanding, II not with
the Madrid mob, at all events, with the COM
mander-in-c chief OF the Northern army. But at the