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 headway against Asaf Khan's advocacy, and in the end Jehangir administered a sharp reproof to his son and directed him to allow the presents to be sent up to Roe without being touched and also to give the ambassador such privileges as were fit.

The victory was so complete that Roe was content to seek a little relaxation at Ahmedabad, where an English factory had been established, while Jehangir pushed forward into Cambay to obtain his first glimpse of the ocean. Simultaneously with the ambassador's progress westward an agent of Noor Mahal was speeding to Surat to take advantage of the arrangement come to about the selection of novelties. Roe thought the enterprising lady's haste strange, but he forwarded instructions that her envoy should have every consideration on the ground that the opportunity, if discreetly used, might turn out to the Company's advantage.