[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) › 9.4.1 # Travels in the Mogul Empire (Bernier) 9.4.1 Travels in the Mogul Empire (Constable) 9.4.1 - **Language:** English ### [9.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.9.4.1) I was enabled to open a passage, sword in hand, through a host of assailants, and to dash across the rapid stream which was before me. It is indeed a proverbial observation in these armies that three things are to be carefully avoided: the first, getting among the choice and led horses, where kicking abounds; the second, intruding on the hunting ground; and the third, a too near approach to the ladies of the Seraglio. It is much worse, however, in Persia. I understand that in that country life itself is forfeited if a man be within sight even of the eunuchs, although he should be half a league distant from the women; and all the male inhabitants of the towns and villages through which the Seraglio is to pass must abandon their homes and fly to a considerable distance. I shall now speak of the field sports of the King. I could never conceive how the Great Mogol could hunt with an army of one hundred thousand men; but there certainly is a sense in which he may be said to hunt with two hundred thousand, or with any number of which his army may consist. - [Previous: 9.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.9.3.8) - [Next: 9.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.9.4.2) - [Up: 9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.9.4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.9.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.9.4.1) · Pramāṇa