History of India . The Ruined City of Amber, near Jaipur. Copyright by Underwood and Underwood, New York. II I I I II SIEGE OF THE FOETEESS OF CHITOE 21 Sabats, or broad covered ways, under the shelter ofwhich the besiegers approach a fortress protected fromgun and musket fire, are contrivances peculiar to Hin-dustan, for the strong forts of that land are full of guns,muskets, and defensive machines, and can be takenonly by this means. Two sabats were accordinglybegun; one, opposite the royal quarters, was so broadand high that two elephants and two horses couldeasily pass abreast, with raised
History of India . The Ruined City of Amber, near Jaipur. Copyright by Underwood and Underwood, New York. II I I I II SIEGE OF THE FOETEESS OF CHITOE 21 Sabats, or broad covered ways, under the shelter ofwhich the besiegers approach a fortress protected fromgun and musket fire, are contrivances peculiar to Hin-dustan, for the strong forts of that land are full of guns,muskets, and defensive machines, and can be takenonly by this means. Two sabats were accordinglybegun; one, opposite the royal quarters, was so broadand high that two elephants and two horses couldeasily pass abreast, with raised spears. The sabatswere begim from the brow of the hill (i. e. half-way up,below the perpendicular scarp), which is a fortress upona fortress. Seven or eight thousand horsemen andgunners strove to stop the work, and in spite of thebull-hide roofs over the labourers, a hundred or so werekilled every day, and their corpses were used as build-ing materials. There was no forced labour, by Akbarsorder, but the volunteer
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