[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) › 5.2.4 # Travels in the Mogul Empire (Bernier) 5.2.4 Travels in the Mogul Empire (Constable) 5.2.4 - **Language:** English ### [5.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.2.4) Amid these streets are dispersed the habitations of Mansebdars, or petty Omrahs, officers of justice, rich merchants, and others; many of which have a tolerable appearance. Very few are built entirely of brick or stone, and several are made only of clay and straw, yet they are airy and pleasant, most of them having courts and gardens, being commodious inside and containing good furniture. The thatched roof is supported by a layer of long, handsome, and strong canes, and the clay walls are covered with a fine white lime. Intermixed with these different houses is an immense number of small ones, built of mud and thatched with straw, in which lodge the common troopers, and all that vast multitude of servants and camp-followers who follow the court and the army. It is owing to these thatched cottages that Dehli is subject to such frequent conflagrations. More than sixty thousand roofs were consumed this last year by three fires, during the prevalence of certain impetuous winds which blow generally in summer. So rapid were the flames that several camels and horses were burnt. Many of the inmates of the seraglio also fell victims to the devouring element; for these poor women are so bashful and helpless that they can do nothing but hide their faces at the sight of strangers, and those who perished possessed not sufficient energy to fly from the danger. - [Previous: 5.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.2.3) - [Next: 5.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.2.5) - [Up: 5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.2.4) · Pramāṇa