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Travels into I N D I E S. Part III. 
Defcnfivc 
Arms. 
The Moguls 
Buckler. 
Coat of Mail. 
The Moguls 
Vambrace. 
The defenfive Arms of the Indians, are a round Buckler about two foot 
ill diamètre : It is made of Buff, varnifhed over with Black, and hath a 
great many Nails, tliCTReads whereof are above an inch over-, with it they 
defend themfelves againft Arrows and Swords. 
They have likewife the Coat of Mail, the Cuirats, the Head-piece, and a 
Vambrace faftened to the Sword -, this Vambrace is is a piece of Iron co- 
vering the Handle almoft round, and growing broader as it reaches from 
the Guard of the Sword, to the upper part of the Pummel, and fometimes 
higher. It is four or five inches in diamètre at that place, and is lined 
with Velvet, or fome fuch like thing in the inlide, that it may not hurt 
the Hand : So that by means of that Engine, both hand and handle are 
wholly covered, from the Enemies blows. 
CHAP. XXIV. 
Of the Beafls at Dehly. 
Beaflsat Dehly, 
Elks. 
Rhinoceros. 
Buffles. 
Dogs of MttH- 
Horfes. 
The way of 
dreffing and 
feeding the 
Horfes. 
Litter of dry 
Horfe-dung. 
Flying taffels 
of white Hair, 
taken out of 
the tails of 
fome Oxen. 
AT Dehly are all forts of Beafts that are known. The King hath many, 
and private Men who are Rich, have fome alfo. They have Hawks 
there of all kinds -, all kinds of Camels, Dromedaries, Mules, Affes, and 
Elephants. They have alfo, Elks, and Ri6/»ocero/fj which are as big as the 
largeft Oxen. The ordinary Oxen there, are lefs than ours. Buffles they 
have alfo, and thofeof Bengala are the deareft, becaufe they are very ftout, 
and are not at all afraid of Lions. Nor do they want Dogs of all forts, 
but thofe which are brought from Mmrenahar^ or Tranfoxiane^ are moft 
efteemed for Hunting, though they be fmall : However the Indian Dogs are 
better for the Hare. They have alfo Stags, Lions and Leopards. 
There is abundance of all forts of Horfes there. Befides the Country 
breed, which the Moguls make ufe of, and which are very good Horlès s 
they have others alfo from the Country of the Ulhecks, Arabia^ and Verfia, 
thofe of Arabia being moft efteemed, and the iovelieft of all arc conftantly 
referved for the King. They have neither Oats nor Barley given them in 
the Indies • fo that Foreign Horfes when they are brought thither, can hardly 
feed. The way they treat them is thus : Every Horfe has a Groom, he 
curries and drefles him an hour before day, and fofoon as it is day makes 
him drink \ at feven of the Clock in the Morning, he gives him five or fix 
balls of a compofition called Donna, made of three Pounds of Flower, the/ 
weight of five Pechas of Butter, and of four Fechas of Jagre ; thefe Balls are 
at fir ft forced down his Throat, and fo by degrees he is accuftomed to that 
way of feeding, which in fome Months after, lie grows very fond of. 
An hour after, the Groom gives the Horfe Grafs, and continues to do fo 
at certain times, every hour of the day after -, and about four of the Clock, 
after noon, he gives him three Pound of dried Peafe bruifed -, he mingles 
Water with them, and fometimes a little Sugar, according to the diipo- 
fition the Horfe is in; and when Night is drawing on,- he carefully pre- 
pares his Horfes litter, which is of dry Dung, laid very thick, which he is 
very careful to provide. For that end, he gathers all that his Horfe hath 
made, and when that is not fufficient, he buys from others, who are not 
fo much concerned for the convenience of their Horfe. 
At Dehlj, as elfewhere, they take care to adorn their Horfes. The great 
Lords have Saddles and Fîoufles Embroadered,and fet fometimes with Prê- 
tions Stones, proportionably to the charge they intend to be at : But the 
fineft Ornament, though of lefs coft, is made of fix large flying taflels of 
longwhite Hair, taken out of the Tails of wild Oxen, that are to be found 
in fome places of the Indies. Four of thefe large taffels fafien»d before and 
behind 
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