"The people of this country are very hospitable, but they have a strange custom: they shave their heads and beards."

"I set out alone finding no companion to cheer the way with friendly intercourse. and no party of travelers with whom to associate."

"The Sultan of Delhi gave me a robe of honor, but it was so heavy with gold that I could barely walk. I sold it the next day."

"In Mali, I saw a man eat an entire roasted sheep by himself, and then drink a bucket of sour milk. The people there have stomachs like camels."

"The women of this land dye their teeth black. It is considered beautiful, but I found it quite strange."