These cattle afforded them abundant food.

The chase, in which they engaged on a magnificent scale, offered a very brilliant spectacle.

Thousands of horsemen spread out in an immense circle, making the tent of the emperor the central point.

With trumpet blasts, the clash of arms and clouds of javelins and arrows, the cattle and wild beasts of every kind were driven in upon the imperial tent, where Tamerlane and his lords amused themselves with their destruction.

The soldiers gathered around the food thus abundantly supplied, innumerable fires were built, and feasting and mirth closed the day.