CHAPTER XXIII. 



AGAIN ON THE ROAD. — THE BIRD-CATCHING SPIDER. — THE 



MARTEN AND THE SKUNK. THE FLYING SQUIRREL. 



THE OTTER-HUNT. l'eNCUERADO WOUNDED. 



THREE days of difficult travelling brought us into the 

 midst of the Terre- Temper ee. Thus we had traversed 

 the whole breadth of the Cordillera* at one time shivering 

 on their summits, at another perspiring, as we penetrated 

 narrow and deep-sunk valleys, just as the chances of our 

 journey led us. Every now and then we caught a sight of 

 the pointed cone of the volcano of Orizava, which assisted 

 us in taking our bearings. At last, four days after taking 

 leave of Coyotepec, we established our bivouac at the foot 

 of a mountain, close to a clear and icy stream. 



