On its course, and it became clear from his words that the Earth is a sphere, and the belief in its movement or stillness is not differentiated. One hundred thousand and two hundred and twenty-six years of the Prophetic migration, upon its owner be the best of prayers and the purest of peace, and his grandson, named after him, succeeded him. Then this house in which we were, for Karania, the palaces and gardens and the strong building within it were greatly expanded. We learned the manner of the construction of these buildings and their perfection, and their filling with gardens and basins, and so on. And we did not realize on the first day until strange matters were brought to us, mostly. And that is that they brought us several French servants whose languages we did not know, and about a hundred chairs to sit on, because in this country they find it strange for a person to sit on a carpet spread on the ground, let alone sit on the ground. Then they spread the table for breakfast, then they brought high tables, then they arranged them with plates as well, similar to the gatherings. And they placed before each plate a glass of glass, its knife, fork, and spoon. And on each table, about two glasses of water, and a container with salt, and another with pepper. Then they arranged chairs around the table, one chair for each person. Then they brought the food and placed on each table one or two large plates, so that one of the people at the table would know, and he would serve everyone, giving each person something on his plate to cut with the knife in front of him, then he would bring it to his mouth with the fork, not with his hand. So a person does not eat with his hand at all, nor with someone else's fork or knife, nor does he drink from his glass ever. And they claim that this is cleaner and safer in its consequences. And among what is observed among the Franks is that they never eat from copper plates, nor even from their vessels, even if they are tinned. They are only for cooking, but they always use enameled plates. And for food, they have several known courses, and perhaps each course of them was extended. When we opened them...