[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) › 141.11 # Storia do Mogor 141.11 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 141.11 - **Language:** English ### [141.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.141.11) The walls are all \[143\] of well-burnt bricks, high, and provided with bastions. The houses are lofty, some having eight stories. As to the number of people in this city, it is not easy to make an estimate, for the kotwal told me that he collected a weekly tax from six thousand houses of ill-fame ; from this assertion careful people can arrive at the number there must be of public filles de joie, besides those who conceal themselves. The city is inhabited by great and rich merchants who deal with the whole of India, and it is the key to the kingdoms of Kabul, Balkh, Tartary, Kashmir, Persia, Baloches, Multan, Bhakkar, and Tattah. For it is crammed with foreigners, is well provided with provisions, and has a population of ruddy complexion inclining to whiteness. Round the city are fine gardens filled with various kinds of fruit, chiefly peaches, which are fine and large and in great abundance. Once, out of curiosity, I weighed one of them, and without exaggeration, it weighed thirteen ounces. There are many quinces (marmelos), figs, mulberries, stoneless grapes, mangoes, and melons of many kinds. The air is very good and wholesome, as may be seen by the complexions of the inhabitants, above all from the villagers, men and women, a very simple folk, well-built and friendly-natured. There is an abundance of wells, from which they draw water by thick ropes with the aid of oxen. - [Previous: 141.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.141.10) - [Next: 142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.142) - [Up: 141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.141) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.141.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.141.11) · Pramāṇa