Travels in the Mogul Empire (Bernier) 9.1.2

9.1.2

This is indeed slow and solemn marching, what we here call à la Mogole. Lahor is little more than one hundred and twenty leagues or about fifteen days' journey from Dehli, and we have been nearly two months on the road. The King, it is true, together with the greater part of the army, diverged from the highway, in search of better ground for the sports of the fields and for the convenience of obtaining the water of the Gemna, which we had gone in search of to the right; and we leisurely skirted its bank, hunting and shooting amid grass so high as almost to conceal our horsemen, but abounding in every kind of game. We are now in a good town enjoying repose; and I cannot better employ my time than in committing to paper the various particulars which have engaged my mind since I quitted Dehli. Soon I hope to conduct you to Kachemire, and to show you one of the most beautiful countries in the world.