I searched for the cassava root, which the Indians in all that climate make their bread of, but I could find I saw large plants of alloes, but did not then understand them.

• 我到处寻找木薯,那是热带印第安人用来做面包的植物,可是没有找到。我发现了许多很大的芦荟,但当时不知道其用途。