olaudah equiano

• "........ after we had transacted our business at naples we
  sailed with a fair wind once more for smyrna, where we arrived in
  december. a seraskier or officer took a liking to me here, and wanted
  me to stay, and offered me two wives; however i refused the
  temptation. the merchants here travel in caravans or large companies.
  i have seen many caravans from india, with some hundreds of camels,
  laden with different goods. the people of these caravans are quite
  brown. among other articles, they brought with them a great quantity
  of locusts, which are a kind of pulse, sweet and pleasant to the
  palate, and in shape resembling french beans, but longer. each kind of
  goods is sold in a street by itself, and i always found the turks very
  honest in their dealings. they let no christians into their mosques or
  churches, for which i was very sorry; as i was always fond of going to
  see the different modes of worship of the people wherever i went. the
  plague broke out while we were in smyrna, and we stopped taking goods
  into the ship till it was over. she was then richly laden, and we
  sailed in about march 1770 for england." - the ınteresting narrative of the life of olaudah equiano, or gustavus vassa, the african written by himself