Later Mughals v1.c9.s14.7

v1.c9.s14.7

On the march thieves gave much trouble. The general caused a ditch to be dug round the camp each time a halt was made, and Mewati watchmen were placed outside it on guard. Once two Mina thieves were caught, and next morning were blown from guns. This severity scared the marauders away. In pargana Riwari and the villages on the road there were splendid standing crops. At first these were destroyed by the camp-followers. But to prevent this plundering, petty officers were placed on duty; next day several men were caught red-handed and brought in bound. They were paraded through the camp, seated on donkeys with their faces to the tail and arrows in their ears and noses. By this means the injury to the crops was put an end to. [Kamraj, 55*a*.]