[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) › [Crónica dos reis de Bisnaga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.paes-nuniz) › [The Narrative of Domingos Paes and the Chronicle of Fernao Nuniz (Sewell, A Forgotten Empire)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.paes-nuniz~en-sewell) › 1.2.2 # The chronicles of Paes and Nuniz (Vijayanagara) 1.2.2 The Narrative of Domingos Paes and the Chronicle of Fernão Nuniz (Sewell, A Forgotten Empire) 1.2.2 - **Language:** English ### [1.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.paes-nuniz~en-sewell.1.2.2) they always eat this leaf, and carry it in their mouths with another fruit called areca. This is something like a medlar, but it is very hard, and it is very good for the breath and has many other virtues; it is the best provision for those who do not eat as we do. Some of them eat flesh; they eat all kinds except beef and pork, and yet, nevertheless, they cease not to eat this betel all day. Afterwards going from this city of Darcha towards the city of Bisnaga,\[388\] which is eighteen leagues distant, and is the capital of all the kingdom of Narsymga, where the king always resides, you have many cities and walled villages; and two leagues before you arrive at the city of Bisnaga you have a very lofty SERRA which has passes by which you enter the city. These are called "gates" (PORTAS). You must enter by these, for you will have no means of entrance except by them. This range of hills surrounds the city with a circle of twenty-four leagues, and within this range there are others that encircle it closely. Wherever these ranges have any level ground they cross it with a very strong wall, in such a way that the hills remain all closed, except in the places where the roads come through from the gates in the first range, which are the entrance ways to the city. In such places there are some small pits (or caves?)\[389\] which could be defended by a few people; these SERRAS continue as far as the interior of the city. - [Previous: 1.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.paes-nuniz~en-sewell.1.2.1) - [Next: 1.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.paes-nuniz~en-sewell.1.2.3) - [Up: 1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.paes-nuniz~en-sewell.1.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.paes-nuniz~en-sewell.1.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.paes-nuniz~en-sewell.1.2.2) · Pramāṇa