[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) › 41.1.2 # Travels in India (Tavernier) 41.1.2 Travels in India (Ball) 41.1.2 - **Language:** English ### [41.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.41.1.2) On the 17th, after having breakfasted with the gunners, who then returned to Gandikot, we pursued our way with the sixteen horsemen of the Nawab, and having travelled 6 leagues we slept at a village named Coteen, beyond the river, which was then very full. As soon as we had crossed it the sixteen horsemen took leave of us ; and having offered their chief some rupees to buy tobacco and betel , we could not induce him to accept anything. The boats employed in crossing this river are like large baskets, covered outside with ox hides, at the bottom of which some faggots are placed, upon which carpets are spread to put the baggage and goods on, for fear they should get wet. As for the coaches and carts, they are tied by the pole and wheels between two of these baskets, but the horses are made to swim across, a man driving his horse from behind with a whip, and another in the basket holding it by the halter. As for the oxen, which, according to the custom of the country, carry the baggage, as soon as they reach the bank of the river and have been unloaded, they are driven in, and they cross the water without assistance. There are four men to each basket, one at each corner, who stand and row with paddles. Should one of them fail to keep equal stroke with the others, or that they do not all keep time, the basket turns three or four times round, and the current carrying it down, it descends much lower than the spot where it was intended to land. - [Previous: 41.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.41.1.1) - [Next: 41.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.41.1.3) - [Up: 41.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.41.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.41.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.41.1.2) · Pramāṇa