"The people of this country are very fond of chess, and they play it all day long."

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

"The people of this country eat dogs and pigs, and they do not care about cleanliness."

"In Mali, I saw a man eat an entire roasted sheep by himself, and then drink a bucket of sour milk. The people there have stomachs like camels."

"I was once shipwrecked on an island where the people were cannibals. I managed to escape by pretending to be mad."