198 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [May, 1912. 
-spaniels. He has in his service men who are very clever in 
bringing down the denizens of the air with a kind of shaft with. 
out iron point, tip or feathers. It turns transversely (?) in the 
air as it flies, and it is marvellous how it never misses its aim.! 
Deer he hunts with other deer, which carry a noose about 
their horns. They fight those of the bush, and when the 
feel their opponent caught in the noose, they let themselves 
drop on the ground and wait for the hunters to come up 
and seize it. And when he goes to war, he always goes 
a-hunting. 
At times, by way of pastime, he has the bush surrounded 
by 3 or 4 thousand men holding one another by the hand, while 
others beat the field and start ‘the game. And those who let 
anything escape pay a certain fine.* 
is palaces are very asin and strong. 
Every day, he changes his guard * and those in the service 
of his establishment, in such a way that the same are on dut 
every eighth day. ‘His guards, some 200 men, receive their 
always on duty are—his secretary, the governor (?), the minis- 
ter of finance, the auditor of the exchequer, the censor (7), the 
chief chamberlain, the major-domo, the lord-marshal, the chief 
treasurers, the chief usher, the palace jailer, the prefect of the 
ministers of justice, and thehead-cook.5 At his table they serve 
and hav 
Haadnies seal. The butler and the kitchen-servants bring them 
up toa certain place, where they are taken up by women.® 

1 **~ doubt the correctness of the translation about the arrow 
pie in eae air. If not wrong, surely Monserrate’s statement is 
The arrow aaiet is the tuka arrow referred to in InvINE’s Army 
of the Indian ‘Moghule, p . 97. It was used for killing small birds flying, 
s described in onieetinl books on archery.’’ (Note by H. Beveridge.) 
a ; a net over its horns [of the deer], and let it off against 
wild deer, which from fear will fight with them uring the struggle, 
the horn, or the foot, or the ears of the wild deer will get entangl 
in ti ego < grsenrs Sore have been lying in ambush, will then 
.? Ain, 1, 291. Abul Fazl describes a 
—_— tiger hunting clophani-honding, hi ere with eae ii, and hun 
om, I, 282 
5 68 When os goes to warre, hee er cause a whole Wood to bee 
round beset with men, hand in hand ; sending others in, which raise 
the Beasts, and drive them into the others armes ; } Which, if they let 
them goe, are punished, to make sport that way.’’ Ci. Purchas His 
Pilgrimage, Ch. iv, Sect. i. du Jarric and Peruschi tenualace in the 
4°* The Imperial army has been divided into twelve parts, each 
which mounts guard for Here space of a month. This oar ves all 
trite whether far or near, Ee to come to court, and to 
partake of the liberality of His Majes .. The fou  gviltoas of 
h 
the pris He oe een divided into seven nae "eae ch of whi ch i is appointed 
for one d They are day and night in attendance about the 
palac ie I, 257. 
