"The people of the Euphrates Valley are very handsome, but they are very treacherous."

"We go naked because we want nothing of this world; for we came into the world naked and unclothed."

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

"They have a kind of animal that is like a horse, but it has a horn on its forehead, and it is very swift."

"They are a very quarrelsome people, and they are always fighting among themselves, and they kill each other for trifles."