Bymeansofaransomedfellow-captivethebrotherscontrivedtoinformtheirfamilyoftheircondition, andthepoorpeopleatAlcalaatoncestrovetoraisetheransommoney, thefatherdisposingofallhepossessed, , and, concludingthathisprizemustbeapersonofgreatconsequence, , however, wasmoreeasilysatisfied; ransomwasacceptedinhiscase, , thenaSpanishpost, onfoot; butafterthefirstday'sjourney, theMoorwhohadagreedtoactastheirguidedesertedthem, -shore, heconstructed, withthehelpofthegardener, aSpaniard, ahiding-place, towhichhebrought, onebyone, fourteenofhisfellowcaptives, keepingthemthereinsecrecyforseveralmonths, andsupplyingthemwithfoodthrougharenegadeknownasElDorador, "theGilder." Howhe, acaptivehimself, contrivedtodoallthis, , , andundercoverofnightwasproceedingtotakeofftherefugees, whenthecrewwerealarmedbyapassingfishingboat, , they, oraportionofthematleast, weretakenprisoners, andjustasthepoorfellowsinthegardenwereexultinginthethoughtthatinafewmomentsmorefreedomwouldbewithintheirgrasp, theyfoundthemselvessurroundedbyTurkishtroops, .
