The Memoirs of Bābur 935.2.4

935.2.4

(_Sep. 30th._) On Wednesday the 15th of the month I went to see a waterfall 6 _kurohs_ (12 m.) to the south-east of Gūālīār. Less than that must have been ridden;[2295] close to the Mid-day Prayer we reached a fall where sufficient water for one mill was coming down a slope (_qīā_) an _arghamchī_[2296] high. Below the fall there is a large lake; above it the water comes flowing through solid rock; there is solid rock also below the fall. A lake forms wherever the water falls. On the banks of the water lie piece after piece of rock as if for seats, but the water is said not always to be there. We sat down above the fall and ate _ma`jūn_, went up-stream to visit its source (_badayat_), returned, got out on higher ground, and stayed while musicians played and reciters [Sidenote: Fol. 344.] repeated things (_nīma aītīlār_). The Ebony-tree which Hindīs call _tindū_, was pointed out to those who had not seen it before. We went down the hill and, between the Evening and Bed-time Prayers, rode away, slept at a place reached near the second watch (midnight), and with the on-coming of the first watch of day (6 a.m. _Muḥ. 16th-Oct. 1st_) reached the Chār-bāgh and dismounted. (_k. Ṣalāḥu'd-dīn's birth-place._)[2297]