Storia do Mogor 100.8

100.8

I accepted the offer, and of the two horses I had I sold one ; the other I embarked on the boat. Then I got into it, taking the two friars, with whom I was considerably incensed. We proceeded slowly, and arriving near an island, while our meal was in preparation I landed with my boys to go shooting, there being abundance of game in these islands, all of them uninhabited. Having shot sufficient for supper and breakfast, I returned to the boat, and every evening we slept close to the bank. One day during this voyage the boatman told me not to put any trust in the friars, for they were not my friends ; on the contrary, they had several times wanted to resume the journey while I was out on an island shooting. But the boatman would never consent, knowing that Da,ud Khan would wreak vengeance on him for daring so to act. I knew quite well that the friars were capable of doing this ; for the more I tried to please them, the more insolent they became. They did not recognise the benefit I was doing them, for no other reason than their being men of religious profession, recommended by the Father Rector of the Jesuits in Agrah.