[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Travellers (1500–1858)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel) › [Histoire de la dernière révolution des États du Grand Mogol](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier) › [Travels in the Mogul Empire (Constable)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable) › 19.1.2 # Travels in the Mogul Empire (Bernier) 19.1.2 Travels in the Mogul Empire (Constable) 19.1.2 - **Language:** English ### [19.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.19.1.2) The first mountains which surround it, I mean those nearest to the plains, are of moderate height, of the freshest verdure, decked with trees and covered with pasture land, on which cows, sheeps, goats, horses, and every kind of cattle is seen to graze. Game of various species is in great plenty, — partridges, hares, antelopes, and those animals which yield musk. Bees are also in vast abundance ; and what may be considered very extraordinary in the Indies, there are, with few or no exceptions, neither serpents, tigers, bears, nor lions. These mountains may indeed be characterised not only as innocuous, but as flowing in rich exuberance with milk and honey. Beyond the mountains just described arise others of very considerable altitude, whose summits, at all times covered with snow, soar above the clouds and ordinary mist, and, like Mount Olympus, are constantly bright and serene. - [Previous: 19.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.19.1.1) - [Next: 19.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.19.1.3) - [Up: 19.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.19.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.19.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.19.1.2) · Pramāṇa