"And in this country, they have a custom that when a man has a child, he gives the child a name that is taken from a flower or a tree."

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

"The Great Khan has such a quantity of treasure that no one who has not seen it can believe it."

"The people of the Sahara Desert are very poor, and they live like beasts."

"They have no sense of justice, and they rob and murder without fear of punishment."