Candide by Voltaire Chapter 17 Page 1

What Happened to Our Two Candide and His Valet Arrive in the Country of El Dorado-What They Saw There

When to the frontiers of the Oreillons, said Cacambo to Candide, “You see, this hemisphere is not better than the other; now take my advice and let us return to Europe by the shortest way possible.”

“But how can we get back?” said Candide; “and whither shall we go? To my own country? The Bulgarians and the Abares are laying that waste with fire and sword. Or shall we go to Portugal? There I shall be burned; and if we abide here we are every moment in danger of being spitted. But how can I bring myself to quit that part of the world where my dear Miss Cunegund has her residence?”

“Let us return towards Cayenne,”