Their horses died with fatigue and their provisions were at an end. They subsisted a whole month on wild fruit, till at length they came to a little river bordered with cocoa trees; the sight of which at once revived their drooping spirits and furnished nourishment for their enfeebled bodies.
Los caballos se muriéron de cansancio; se les acabáron las provisiones; y se mantuviéron por espacio de un mes con frutas silvestres. Al cabo se halláron á orillas de un riachuelo poblado de cocos, que les conserváron la vida y la esperanza.