"The people of Sumatra eat dogs, which I found disgusting. But when I tried it, it was not so bad."

"They are a people who do not know how to fight, and they are a cowardly people."

"In the Sahara, I saw a man who claimed to be 350 years old. He looked like a dried-up lizard, but the locals believed him."

"I saw a woman in this city who had a pet tiger. She walked it on a leash like a dog. I was quite astonished."

"In Anatolia, I met a dervish who could make himself invisible. Or at least, that's what he claimed. I never saw him do it."