"رحلات من الهند إلى إنجلترا: تشمل زيارة إلى الإمبراطورية البورمية، رحلة عبر بلاد فارس، آسيا الصغرى، تركيا الأوروبية وغيرها، في السنوات ١٨٢٥-١٨٢٦، بقلم جيمز إدوارد أليكساندر" [‎١‎٧‎٠] (٤١٢/٢٤٥)

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ingly a party of them forcibly seized him, and carried him off. One
of the escort went after them to bring back the guide ; he was
attacked with missiles: our party then went to his assistance, when
a large body, armed with matchlocks, spears, and swords, issued
from the town, and a desperate conflict ensued, which lasted some
time. At length the town's-people were driven back and routed, after
losing one man killed and many wounded, with a loss on our part of
a dozen wounded, three of the escort very severely with spears,
and several horses. Our surly Mehmandar, in riding past during the
affray, to the great joy of us all, received a blow on the head which
unhorsed him.
Mrs. Macdonald's maid had a serio-comic adventure after we had
left the ground. A tailor (a Hindoo) and she were riding on a mule
in cajavas: they were separated from the rest. Three Illyauts came
up to them, thrust their hands into the cajava in which was the fair
one, and attempted to pull her out. The valiant tailor slunk back
in dismay into a corner of his pannier, and though called upon by
the distressed damsel to fire a pistol of a couple of feet in length,
which he had got for their mutual defence, he endeavoured to
conceal himself as well as he could. The lady defended herself
with a tin kettle, until the appearance of some of the muleteers
caused the Illyauts to decamp. The tailor, upon being afterwards
reproached for his cowardice, swore that he courageously jumped
from his cajava and cocked his piece, upon seeing which the Illyauts
instantly fled. After he had finished his oration, a muleteer came in
and contradicted every word he had said.
The next stage, Barwund, sixteen miles, we reached the ensuing
day. We here entered the territory under the jurisdiction of the
Prince Royal.