"I saw a rhinoceros for the first time near the Indus River. It looked like a huge pig with a horn on its nose, and it was uglier than anything I had ever seen."

"The Sultan of this country has a thousand wives, and he treats them all equally."

"In this city, I saw a strange thing. The women do not veil themselves, and they do not show any shame for this."

"I saw a market in this city where they sold human flesh. It was a most disturbing sight, and I quickly left."

"The people of this city are all black, and their teeth are white, and their women are very beautiful."