[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) › 264.8 # Storia do Mogor 264.8 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 264.8 - **Language:** English ### [264.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.264.8) The Mogul kings have issued decrees that no one may hunt them \[the kuling\] for a distance of twelve leagues from the cities of Agrah, Dihli, and Lahor, the only places excepted being gardens in which pigeons and turtle-doves may be caught. To carry out this decree there are watchmen. For the distance named the kuling is preserved for the royal person, that he may with ease hunt these cranes by birds of prey ; and although they are so large, they \[? the kuling\] are yet very tasty. Also \[155\] in the Mogul country they hunt them in another way. There is a kind of animal like a large cat called xagox (Shāgosh)—that is, 'Royal Ear.' Their colour is grey, and their ears larger than those of the cat, having at the tips some rather long hairs, black in colour. This animal is released a long way off, where it can see these birds. It then works its way rapidly, crouching first here, then there, as a cat does, and hiding its body until it is within the distance required for its spring. It then makes a rush, and the frightened bird makes an attempt to fly. In the meanwhile the lynx has made its bound and seizes its prey. When the huntsmen see the other birds take to flight, they know that their prey is safely caught. In this way they take them alive. It seems to me that these birds \[the killing\] are cranes (gros), because they cry in the same manner. - [Previous: 264.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.264.7) - [Next: 264.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.264.9) - [Up: 264](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.264) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.264.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.264.8) · Pramāṇa