[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) › 65.3.5 # Storia do Mogor 65.3.5 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 65.3.5 - **Language:** English ### [65.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.3.5) Sometimes they go out to these hunts without taking any buffaloes, but riding on elephants, as I have before said. This way of hunting has much more risk for the hunters. Once it happened to King Shahjahan that a badly wounded tiger bounded up and hung on with its claws fixed in the elephant's head. The elephant-driver fell to the ground from fright. The king, seeing himself in this urgent danger, clubbed his matchlock and hit the tiger with it on the head. But the tiger did not let go, and the elephant, finding he could not make use of his trunk, ran furiously till he found a tree, against which he crushed the tiger. It was on this account that Shajahan gave orders for the head of the elephants to be protected in future down to the end of the trunk with a covering of thick leather, studded with sharp nails. In addition to the huntsmen, there is always an official present whose business it is to take possession of the tiger's whiskers ; and therefore, as soon as the tiger is dead, they put on his head a leather bag, coming down as far as the neck. Having tied the bag, the official attaches to it \[129\] his seal. After this the tiger is carried in front of the entrance to the royal tents, when the official appears who has charge of the poisons, and removes the whiskers, which are employed as a venom. - [Previous: 65.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.3.4) - [Next: 65.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.3.6) - [Up: 65.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.3.5) · Pramāṇa