"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…"

"I have travelled to many lands and seen many things, but I have never seen a people so fond of bathing as the Indians. They bathe even in the cold of winter!"

"I saw a snake in this land that was as thick as a tree trunk. It was a monstrous creature, and I quickly fled."

"The women here are not veiled, and they are not ashamed to show their beauty."