[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) › 5.3.3 # Travels in the Mogul Empire (Bernier) 5.3.3 Travels in the Mogul Empire (Constable) 5.3.3 - **Language:** English ### [5.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.3.3) Meat is sold in every part of the city; but instead of goats' flesh that of mutton is often palmed upon the buyer; an imposition which ought to be guarded against, because mutton and beef, but particularly the former, though not unpleasant to the taste, are heating, flatulent, and difficult of digestion. Kid is the best food, but being rarely sold in quarters, it must be purchased alive, which is very inconvenient, as the meat will not keep from morning to night, and is generally lean and without flavour. The goats' flesh found in quarters at the butchers' shops is frequently that of the she-goat, which is lean and tough. But it would be unreasonable in me to complain; because since I have been familiarised with the manners of the people, it seldom happens that I find fault either with my meat or my bread. I send my servant to the King's purveyors in the Fort, who are glad to sell wholesome food, which costs them very little, at the high price I am willing to pay. My Agah smiled when I remarked that I had been for years in the habit of living by stealth and artifice, and that the one hundred and fifty crowns which he gave me monthly would not otherwise keep me from starving, although in France I could for half a roupie eat every day as good meat as the King. - [Previous: 5.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.3.2) - [Next: 5.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.3.4) - [Up: 5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.3.3) · Pramāṇa