[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) › 88.2.2 # Storia do Mogor 88.2.2 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 88.2.2 - **Language:** English ### [88.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.88.2.2) I was very anxious to join his suite as a means of seeing more of the world, but, as their habits did not please me, I made excuses many times that I should never get accustomed to their way of life. Above all, I had seen once one of their Uzbak soldiers lay hold of a small knife and bleed his horse on the neck with great dexterity. Having drawn forty ounces of blood, he closed the wound with one finger, and drank the blood with great gusto. After he was satisfied he shared the rest with his companions, who came hurriedly, each trying to be first, like so many famished wolves. Afterwards the wound was tied up with a cloth, and the horse was left to get well of itself. I asked him why he drank his horse's blood. He replied that they were accustomed to it, because in their country, when plundering within an enemy's boundary, if provisions failed, their soldiers sustained life with the blood of their horses ; nor from this blood-letting did the horses lose their vigour. In addition to this, he told me it was their habit, when they captured any camel, horse, or sheep in an enemy's country, if they were unable to carry it off, to decapitate it, cut it into pieces, and place some pieces between their saddle and their horse's back, for consumption on the march whenever they were hungry. - [Previous: 88.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.88.2.1) - [Next: 88.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.88.2.3) - [Up: 88.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.88.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.88.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.88.2.2) · Pramāṇa