"The people of Zanzibar are very black, and they are great sorcerers."

"And in this country, they have a custom that when a man dies, his wife is buried alive with him."

"And you must know that in this kingdom of Bengal, there are many eunuchs. For the king is a great connoisseur of these, and has them in great numbers."

"These people are very cowardly, and they flee at the sight of an enemy, even if they are many in number."

"They have a kind of bird that is so large that it can carry an elephant in its talons."