"The women here are very beautiful, and they do not cover their faces. This is a custom that is not found in other Muslim lands."

"I saw a man who had two heads, and another who had three legs, and another who had a hand like an elephant's trunk."

"The people of this country are very superstitious, and they believe in magic."

"The people of this land are a bad people, and they are not trustworthy."

"The dogs in this land are very fierce. They bark at strangers and try to bite them. I had to carry a stick to fend them off."