I could stand well enough the smell of fried foods in the public squares at the Saturnalia, but the banquets of Rome filled me with such repugnance and boredom that if at times I have expected to die in the course of an exploration or a military expedition I have said to myself, by way of consolation, that at least I should not have to live through another dinner!
Jai Saturnalen garaian ere, nahiko ongi jasaten nuen herriplazetako frijidura-usaina. Baina Erromako orrits gangar horiek hainbesteko nazka eta higuina ematen zidaten non, inoiz, guda-ikerraldi edo expedizioren batean, hiltzeko arrisku larrian gertatu eta, kontsolagarri gisa-edo, berriz horrelako jatazorik egin beharrik ez nuela izango-eta gaitz erdi, esan izan bait diot neure buruari.