"The people of this province are all Mahometans, and they are very fanatic and hostile to Christians."

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

"The women of Tibet are very loose in their morals, and it is no shame to them to have many husbands."

"I have not told the half of what I saw."

"They have no religion, and they believe in nothing but what they see with their own eyes."