But all is a desert, and destitute, and at a standstill, and unsettled--as they say, belonging to the east wind.

And therefore the Spaniards also have been and are as unsettled as if they were stopping at an inn.

Such are the lands that they have won.
Thirteenth: In China, conditions are altogether different, since its people are, as has been said, qualified for marriage, friendship, and union and equality; and they are fitted for offices and dignities and authority, both spiritual and temporal.

And, further, the richness of the country is so great and of such sort--being realty, crops, and necessaries of life; provisions of rice, wheat, and barley; all manner of fruits, and many varieties of wine; domestic fowl, ducks, and many other kinds of poultry; many cattle, horses, cows, goats, sheep, and buffaloes; abundant hides, endless store of silk, and considerable cotton; musk, honey and wax; numerous varieties of valuable woods, many kinds of perfume, and other things produced by the soil; besides an abundance of mines and metals, as has already been stated.

To all this is added the results of the industry of so many people, so apt, thrifty, industrious, and well governed.