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182 THE RETURNE FROM PUTTANA TO AGRA [REL. XII
A Beast called a Rose.
One Course farther wee sawe a beast in forme of a
deere, called heere Rose [roj/i], whoe, while wee looked on
him, came towards us, and tooke bread out of our hands,
sufferinge himselfe to bee sleeked and stroked by us.
Hee was neere 4^ foote high. His neck was worne bare.
It seemes it belonged to the Kinge or some great man,
which they use to drawc in Coaches for their pleasure, his
homes somewhat straight, and about 5 or 6 inches Ionge,
coullour [iron-grey]1, white under the bell}'. Wee were
faine to beat him from us before wee could bee ridd of
him.
A Zunge what it is.
Neere to our Monzull \tnanzit\ wee found a Zunge
\satig\ which is a Company of Hindowes gathered together
goeing in Pilgrimage. Theis came from Sorett [Sorath in
Kathiawar] a province, in number about 2000, with horses,
tents, etts. accomodation, bound for Trepenny and Cassee
[TrivenI2 and Kasi], which is Ellahabaz and Bunaroz
[Allahabad and Benares]. They shave their heads and
beards, and wash themselves cleane of all their sins, as
they thinck, which is to be performed 40 mornings att
each3 (as it is said).
Gaja where they try their Legitimitation and in
what manner.
Some of them from thence goe to Gaja [Gaya], a place
25 Course beyond Puttana, but those are only such whose
1 There is a blank here in the original. Mundy is describing the
nilgai (lit. grey cow) or painted (also white-footed) antelope, the local
name for which is rojh or roz. The male is of an iron-grey colour
with white abdomen and legs. The female is much smaller and tawny
coloured. This animal is often caught young and tamed.
- See ante, Relation VIII., note on p. 115.
See ante, note on p. 176.
A Beast called a Rose.
One Course farther wee sawe a beast in forme of a
deere, called heere Rose [roj/i], whoe, while wee looked on
him, came towards us, and tooke bread out of our hands,
sufferinge himselfe to bee sleeked and stroked by us.
Hee was neere 4^ foote high. His neck was worne bare.
It seemes it belonged to the Kinge or some great man,
which they use to drawc in Coaches for their pleasure, his
homes somewhat straight, and about 5 or 6 inches Ionge,
coullour [iron-grey]1, white under the bell}'. Wee were
faine to beat him from us before wee could bee ridd of
him.
A Zunge what it is.
Neere to our Monzull \tnanzit\ wee found a Zunge
\satig\ which is a Company of Hindowes gathered together
goeing in Pilgrimage. Theis came from Sorett [Sorath in
Kathiawar] a province, in number about 2000, with horses,
tents, etts. accomodation, bound for Trepenny and Cassee
[TrivenI2 and Kasi], which is Ellahabaz and Bunaroz
[Allahabad and Benares]. They shave their heads and
beards, and wash themselves cleane of all their sins, as
they thinck, which is to be performed 40 mornings att
each3 (as it is said).
Gaja where they try their Legitimitation and in
what manner.
Some of them from thence goe to Gaja [Gaya], a place
25 Course beyond Puttana, but those are only such whose
1 There is a blank here in the original. Mundy is describing the
nilgai (lit. grey cow) or painted (also white-footed) antelope, the local
name for which is rojh or roz. The male is of an iron-grey colour
with white abdomen and legs. The female is much smaller and tawny
coloured. This animal is often caught young and tamed.
- See ante, Relation VIII., note on p. 115.
See ante, note on p. 176.