The cask of liquor I found to be a kind of rum, but not such as we had at the Brazils; and, in a word, not at all good; but when I came to open the chests, I found several things of great use to me—for example, I found in one a fine case of bottles, of an extraordinary kind, and filled with cordial waters, fine and very good; the bottles held about three pints each, and were tipped with silver.
El tonel de licor contenía una especie de ron, distinto al que teníamos en Brasil, es decir, bastante malo. Mas cuando abrí los cofres, hallé muchas cosas de gran utilidad, como, por ejemplo, una caja de botellas extraordinarias, llenas de cordiales exquisitos.