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

"I believe it was God's will that we should come back, so that men might know the things that are in the world, since, as we have said in the first chapter of this book, no other man, Christian or Sara…"

"They have a kind of black stone, which they dig out of the mountains, and it burns like wood, and it gives a great heat."

"When they are about to go to war, they take a certain herb, which they dry and powder, and then they mix it with water and drink it. And when they have drunk it, they become so brave that they fear no…"

"The people of Abyssinia are Christians, but they are very ignorant and superstitious."