Every man received one coconut daily, and two Batatas, which they baked in the ashes of the coco shells; and they caught some fish on the way, and collected a little rain-water.
"The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes"
Tomás de Comyn Fedor Jagor Rudolf Ludwig Carl Virchow Charles Wilkes
I carried her on my back to mother; and then we dressed her all anew, and took her where she ordered us; but she did not tell us who she was, nor anything more than her Christian name, and that she was eight years old, and fond of fried Batatas.
"Lorna Doone, A Romance of Exmoor"
R. D. Blackmore
The natives mainly subsist on the roots of trees and wild fruits such as Batatas or oubis, together with small quantities of fish which they catch in their canoes.
"The Part Borne by the Dutch in the Discovery of Australia 1606-1765"
J. E. Heeres