Book 12. (1 results) Beasts of Gor (Individual Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | 22 | In this foreshaft was set the View more quotes about head">head of the harpoon, of bone, drilled, with a point of sharpened slate. |
 |
Book 12. (7 results) Beasts of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | 19 | I grasped the long harpoon. |
| 18 | 20 | It was some eight feet in length, some two and a half inches in diameter. |
| 18 | 21 | Its major shaft was of wood, but it had a foreshaft of bone. |
| 18 | 22 | In this foreshaft was set the head of the harpoon, of bone, drilled, with a point of sharpened slate. |
| 18 | 23 | Through the drilled hole in the bone, some four inches below the slate point and some four inches above the base of the head, was passed a rawhide line, which lay coiled in the bottom of the boat. |
| 18 | 24 | As the hole is drilled the line, when it snaps taut, will turn the head of the harpoon in the wound, anchoring it. |
| 18 | 25 | Suddenly, not more than a dozen feet from the boat, driving upward, rearing vertically, surging, expelling air in a great burst of noise, shedding icy water, in a tangle of lines and blood, burst the towering, cylindrical tonnage of the black Hunjer whale. |
|
I grasped the long harpoon.
It was some eight feet in length, some two and a half inches in diameter.
Its major shaft was of wood, but it had a foreshaft of bone.
In this foreshaft was set the head of the harpoon, of bone, drilled, with a point of sharpened slate.
Through the drilled hole in the bone, some four inches below the slate point and some four inches above the base of the head, was passed a rawhide line, which lay coiled in the bottom of the boat.
As the hole is drilled the line, when it snaps taut, will turn the head of the harpoon in the wound, anchoring it.
Suddenly, not more than a dozen feet from the boat, driving upward, rearing vertically, surging, expelling air in a great burst of noise, shedding icy water, in a tangle of lines and blood, burst the towering, cylindrical tonnage of the black Hunjer whale.
- (Beasts of Gor)