Storia do Mogor 186.9

186.9

Having reached the top of this pass, we marched for the kingdom of Bijapur. Several times we were watched on the march by the enemy, who, whenever occasion served, spared neither our baggage nor ourselves, plundering in all directions. Finally, we arrived at Aamadanaguer (Ahmadnagar), where, as I stated in the First Part of my History (I. 75), Chand Bibi caused golden and silver balls to be fired from her cannon, with an inscription that the ball should belong to the finder. Here we met the army of Aurangzeb, who was waiting for the rainy season to pass before venturing farther into the kingdoms of Bijapur and Gulkandah. During these marches and halts, it was observed that in the morning there were on the tents various scarlet imprints of hands. Everyone was in astonishment; we could never discover the signification of these imprints, unless it could be judged to be some witchcraft. For no one could climb so high as to make these hand-prints on the royal tents.