"They are a very superstitious and ignorant people, and they believe in charms and enchantments."

"These people are very ungrateful, and they forget all favors, and they repay good with evil."

"They have no shame or modesty, and they go about naked, or nearly so, both men and women."

"The people of Madagascar are the most barbarous in the world, and they eat human flesh."

"And in this country, they have a custom that when a man has a debt, he is put in prison until he pays it."