[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) › [Storia do Mogor](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci) › [Storia do Mogor (Irvine)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine) › 101.1 # Storia do Mogor 101.1 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 101.1 - **Language:** English ### [101.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.101.1) These forests are renowned in Bengal for the ferocious tigers, the buffaloes, and rhinoceroses inhabiting them. In passing through them it is necessary to post sentinels at night, for often it happens that tigers swim out and enter the boats, picking out the most portly of the travellers and carrying him off to the jungle. A short time before there passed by this way a Portuguese from Chatigao (Chatganw), one of those Portuguese who know neither God nor eternity. His boat was the Julia, and his own name was Manoel Coelho. One day he said to his crew that they must land to cook food. They answered that it could not be done, by reason of the jungle being full of tigers capable of doing them injury. More ferocious than the very tigers, he flew into a passion and insisted absolutely on their landing. If any tiger came, let them tell it they were the men of Manoel Coelho, and it must therefore take good heed not to do them harm, otherwise such conduct would cost it dear. - [Previous: 100.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.100.11) - [Next: 101.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.101.2) - [Up: 101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.101) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.101.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.101.1) · Pramāṇa