[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) › 103.2 # Storia do Mogor 103.2 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 103.2 - **Language:** English ### [103.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.103.2) The crocodile, with one rush to the side of the water, laid hold of the dog. Thus was the man saved, and he then knew the meaning of the cries and noise made by the dog. There was another thing I wondered at in the Ganges — that is, frequently the Mahomedans, as an amusement, get into a small boat, and try to catch a crocodile by sorceries, which are much resorted to in the country of Bengal. They take a pot and throw into it some flowers, repeating a spell over the pot. Then they place the pot in the river, and it moves of itself against stream. They follow it leisurely in the boat until the pot arrives of itself where there is a crocodile. Thereupon the sorcerer orders the crocodile to give a paw, and it obeys. This paw is made fast ; then he asks for the other, and it, too, is fastened. Then the brute is dragged to shore as if he were quite meek, or merely an old woman. They kill him with their spears in perfect security. When I was in Hugh they killed a crocodile, which had then in its stomach bracelets and rings of the women it had eaten. - [Previous: 103.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.103.1) - [Next: 103.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.103.3) - [Up: 103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.103) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.103.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.103.2) · Pramāṇa