The Memoirs of Bābur 935.5.4

935.5.4

(_Dec. 23rd_) On Thursday the 11th day of the month the stone-well (_sangīn-chāh_), the 26 rock-spouts (_tāsh-tār-nau_) and rock-pillars (_tāsh-sitūn_), and the water-courses (_ārīqlār_) cut on the solid slope (_yak pāra qīā_) were all ready.[2405] At the 3rd watch (_pahr_) of this same day preparation for drawing water from the well was made. On account of a smell (_aīd_) in the water, it was ordered, for prudence' sake, that they should turn the well-wheel without rest for 15 days-and-nights, and so draw off the water. Gifts were made to the stone-cutters, and labourers, [Sidenote: Fol. 354.] and the whole body of workmen in the way customary for master-workmen and wage-earners of Āgra. (_Dec. 24th_) We rode from Dūlpūr while one _garī_ of the 1st watch (_pahr_) of Friday remained (_cir._ 8.40 a.m.), and we crossed the river (Jumna) before the Sun had set. (_Here the record of 3 days is wanting._)[2406] (_ff. A Persian account of the battle of Jām._)