I met with this Jew near Brentford turnpike, and asked him if he would drink a pint of beer; I then took hold of his beard in a joke, and he held up his staff and struck me; a man there said, go along old Jew, or you'll have your drubbing; I ran after him, and put him in a ditch, and scratched him in the bushes; then I flung a stone, and it fell on his head, and broke it, which bled: this was three weeks ago.
Ён (Ібн-Фадлан) сказаў: (а вось) меркаванне якое ўхіляецца (ад праўды), кожны з іх выразае кавалак дрэва, велічынёй з фалл і вешае яго на сябе, і калі захоча адправіцца ў вандраванне ці сустрэне ворага, то цалуе яго (кавалак дрэва), ушаноўвае яму і кажа: "О, спадар, зрабі мне то-та і то-та".