My beard I had once suffered to grow till it was about a quarter of a yard long; but as I had both scissors and razors sufficient, I had cut it pretty short, except what grew on my upper lip, which I had trimmed into a large pair of Mahometan whiskers, such as I had seen worn by some Turks at Sallee, for the Moors did not wear such, though the Turks did; of these moustachios, or whiskers, I will not say they were long enough to hang my hat upon them, but they were of a length and shape monstrous enough, and such as in England would have passed for frightful.
A mórok nem viseltek ilyet, a törökök viszont igen. Ami az én ajakszőrzetemet illeti, nem állítom, hogy a hossza miatt kalapot lehetett volna rá akasztani, de mérete és formája elegendő lehetett ahhoz, hogy Angliában rémületet keltsen.