Cacambo, who was always giving as good advice as the old woman herself, said to Candide, "You see there is no holding out any longer; we have traveled enough on foot. I spy an empty canoe near the river side; let us fill it with cocoanuts, get into it, and go down with the stream; a river always leads to some inhabited place. If we do not meet with agreeable things, we shall at least meet with something new."
Cacambo, que era de tan buen consejo como la vieja, dixo á Candido: Ya no podemos ir mas tiempo á pié, sobrado hemos andado; una canoa vacía estoy viendo á la orilla del río, llenémosla de cocos, metámonos dentro, y dexémonos llevar de la corriente: un río va siempre á parar á algun sitio habitado; y si no vemos cosas gratas, á lo ménos verémos cosas nuevas.