[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) › 264.4 # Storia do Mogor 264.4 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 264.4 - **Language:** English ### [264.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.264.4) During this fictitious fight they draw nearer and nearer until they can reach the food. On reaching the spot the fight is dropped, and they consume the food most amicably, while the Hindu has to get out of the way for fear of being bitten. Thus his labour is entirely thrown away, seeing that the dogs have trodden within the circle already referred to. For if a stranger touches that place or the man's body, any food present there becomes impure, according to the precepts of his religion. If the dogs fail to get hold of food, and there be any lighted lamp, they blow it out and lick it until it is empty. If this cannot be got, they carry off the traveller's shoes. Ordinarily it is found that they take that of the left foot. It is impossible to know the attraction they have in this matter. I will finish with these thieves by recounting an instance that happened in the Mogul country at a village near \[153\] a mountain. It is not far from the jungles of Manddo (Mandu). - [Previous: 264.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.264.3) - [Next: 264.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.264.5) - [Up: 264](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.264) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.264.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.264.4) · Pramāṇa