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of pistols, bows and arrows, besides swords, daggers, and sabres 

 without number. There are also nets of various kinds, some for 

 quails ; and others very large, for fishing, which are carried along 

 with him upon elephants, attended by fishermen, so as always to 

 be ready for throwing into any river or lake that may be met with. 

 Every article that can contribute to luxury or pleasure is likewise 

 carried along with the army. A great number of carts are loaded 

 with the Ganges water, and even ice is transported for cooling the 

 drink. The fruits of the season and fresh vegetables are daily 

 sent to him from his gardens by bearers stationed at every ten 

 miles ; by which means each article is conveyed day and night at 

 the rate of four miles an hour. There are also fighting antelopes, 

 buffaloes, and rams in great numbers ; several hundred pigeons, 

 some fighting cocks, and a vast variety of parrots, nightingales, 

 &c. To complete the magnificence or extravagance of this expe- 

 dition, there is always a large bazaar, or moving town, which 

 attends the camp ; consisting of shop-keepers and artificers of all 

 kinds, money-changers, dancing women ; so that, on the most 

 moderate calculation, the whole number of people in his camp 

 cannot be computed at fewer than 30,000. 



The Nabob himself, and all the gentlemen of his camp, are 

 provided with double sets of tents and equipage, which are always 

 sent on the day before to the place to which he intends to go ; and 

 this is generally eight or ten miles, in whatever direction most 

 game is expected ; so that by the time he has finished his sport in 

 the morning, he finds his whole camp ready pitched for his recep- 

 tion. The Nabob, with the attending gentlemen, proceed in a 

 regular moving court or durbar, and thus they keep conversing 

 together and looking out for game. Many foxes, hares, jackals, 

 and sometimes deer, are picked up as they pass along : the hawks 

 are carried immediately before the elephants, and let fly at what- 

 ever game is sprung, which is generally partridges, bustards, 

 quails, and different kinds of herons ; these last affording excellent 

 sport with the falcons. 



Wild boars are sdmetimes started, and either shot or run down 

 by the dogs an! horsemen. Hunting the tiger, however, is ooked 



