"There is also a sort of black stone, which is dug from the mountains and burns like wood."

"They have a kind of bird that has a head like a man and a body like a bird, and it speaks like a man."

"I believe it was God's will that we should come back, so that men might know the things that are in the world, since, as we have said in the first chapter of this book, no other man, Christian or Sara…"

"They take the bamboo and cut it into lengths, and then split each length into very thin strips."

"They have a kind of tree that produces a fruit that is like a pear, but it is much larger, and it has a very sweet taste."