"The houses in this land are made of mud and straw, and they are very small. I had to bend over to enter them."

"The climate in this land is very hot. I sweated so much that my clothes were always damp."

"The juggler then took the limbs of the boy and applied them one to another: he then stamped upon them, and it stood up complete and erect. I was astonished, and was seized in consequence by a palpitat…"

"The Chinese are skilled in crafts, but they are not a people of religion."

"On the bank of the Nile opposite Old Cairo is the place known as The Garden, which is a pleasure park and promenade, containing many beautiful gardens, for the people of Cairo are given to pleasure an…"