In a few days they reached the Bosphorus; and the first thing Candide did was to pay a high ransom for Cacambo; then, without losing time, he and his companions went on board a galley, in order to search for his Cunegund on the banks of the Propontis, notwithstanding she was grown so ugly.
A pocos dias llegáron al canal del mar Negro. Candido rescató á precio muy subido á Cacambo, y sin perder un instante se metió con sus compañeros en una galera para ir á orillas de la Propontis en demanda de Cunegunda, por mas fea que estuviese.