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Finally, having ranged up and down and searched a long time, they found a certain grotto which seemed to be but lately hewn out of a rock, in which they found two sacks of meal, wheat and like things, with two great jars of wine, and certain fruits called Platanos.
I asked, stretching out my hand for another bunch of tempting grapes. "Just as I was parting from them I saw a party of fruit-sellers crossing the desert, with several mules laden with fruit. I purchased some, as also some bread and baked platanos, and then set off to search for you.
"They searched very narrowly, but could not find any person, animal or other thing that was capable of relieving their extreme and ravenous hunger." After a long search they chanced upon a sort of cupboard in the rocks, "in which they found two sacks of meal, wheat, and like things, with two great jars of wine, and certain fruits called Platanos," or large bananas.
DON EDUARDO. Y bosques inmensos de plátanos, cocoteros y tamarindos, con cuyos frutos podré sustentarme, o a cuya sombra podrán reposar tal cual vez mis fatigados miembros. DOÑA MATILDE. ¡Y qué! ¿No tendrá usted miedo de los negros cimarrones? DON EDUARDO. ¡Ah! ¡Matilde, si viera usted qué poco vale la vida cuando se vive sin deseos, ni porvenir! DOÑA MATILDE. ¡Pobre Eduardo!
The platanos or bananas were cooked; and though I could not have swallowed a piece of dry bread, I was enabled to eat some of them with much relish. Altogether, never was a repast eaten with greater appetite, or, I may add, with more gratitude; for it certainly was the means of preserving my father's life as well as mine.
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