"They have a kind of tree that produces a spice that is so strong that it can make a man sneeze for an hour."

"They have a custom of burning their dead, and when a man dies they burn him with great ceremony."

"These people are idolaters, and they are very cruel, and practice many abominable customs."

"I believe it was God's will that we should come to these parts, so that people should know what there is in the world."

"They have a kind of bird that has a head like a man and a body like a bird, and it speaks like a man."