"They are a very cunning people, and they use many stratagems in war to defeat their enemies."

"They have a kind of bird that is so beautiful that it is like a jewel."

"They have no money, but they use salt as currency."

"These people are very ungenerous, and they never give anything to the poor, but hoard all their wealth."

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