"The inhabitants of this country are all polytheists, and they worship idols. They have a temple where they perform their rites."

"The people here have a strange custom of greeting each other by rubbing noses. It was quite an experience to get used to."

"I was once invited to a feast where they served a dish made of camel hump. It was surprisingly delicious, though I had my reservations at first."

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