[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) › [Les six voyages de Jean-Baptiste Tavernier](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier) › [Travels in India (Ball)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball) › 136.1.7 # Travels in India (Tavernier) 136.1.7 Travels in India (Ball) 136.1.7 - **Language:** English ### [136.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.136.1.7) Those who desire to take horses into these mountains are often obliged, in the narrow and difficult passes, to haul them up with ropes ; and it is, as I have said, on account of this difficulty that but little use is made of horses in this country. They are fed only in the morning and evening. In the morning a pound of flour, half a pound of black sugar and half a pound of butter, are mixed together with water to give to the horse. In the evening it must be contented with a few horn peas, crushed and steeped in water for half an hour ; in this consists all their food during the space of twenty-four hours. The women who carry the men only receive 2 rupees each, for the ten days of traverse, and as much is paid for every quintal that the goats or sheep carry, and for every led horse. - [Previous: 136.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.136.1.6) - [Next: 136.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.136.2.1) - [Up: 136.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.136.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.136.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.136.1.7) · Pramāṇa