With great difficulty, and by the promise of a present of a good hunting-knife each, I succeeded in persuading three wretched natives from the village to come with us for the first stage, twenty miles, and to carry a large gourd holding a gallon of water apiece.
Zailtasun handiz, eta ehiza-labana bikainak oparituko nizkiela agindu ondoren, lortu nuen herriko hiru biztanle zoritxarreko gurekin eramatea, hogei miliatako ibilaldian aurrera, lehenengo geldialdiraino. Kalabaza handi bana zeramaten, horien barruan ur galoi bana sartzen zelarik.