[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) › 65.45.4 # Storia do Mogor 65.45.4 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 65.45.4 - **Language:** English ### [65.45.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.45.4) In the kingdoms of Arakan and Pegu there are macoreos, thus called, which are sudden floods that at certain seasons overflow the country with great velocity, so that a horse galloping its hardest cannot escape. In less than half an hour more than twenty leagues of ground are flooded. The soil is fertile, yielding abundantly and luxuriantly; but the inhabitants are as barbarous as the tigers, elephants, rhinoceroses, and buffaloes which dwell in its jungles. - [Previous: 65.45.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.45.3) - [Next: 66.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.66.1.1) - [Up: 65.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.45) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.45.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.45.4) · Pramāṇa