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Book 4. (1 results) Nomads of Gor (Individual Quote)

He held his ground, waiting for the others. - (Nomads of Gor, Chapter 2, Sentence #110)
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2 110 He View more quotes about held">held his ground, waiting for the others.

Book 4. (7 results) Nomads of Gor (Context Quote)

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2 107 The head of the kaiila bears two large eyes, one on each side, but these eyes are triply lidded, probably an adaptation to the environment which occasionally is wracked by severe storms of wind and dust; the adaptation, actually a transparent third lid, permits the animal to move as it wishes under conditions that force other prairie animals to back into the wind or, like the sleen, to burrow into the ground.
2 108 The kaiila is most dangerous under such conditions, and, as if it knew this, often uses such times for its hunt.
2 109 Now the rider had reined in the kaiila.
2 110 He held his ground, waiting for the others.
2 111 I could hear the soft thud of a kaiila's paws in the grass, to my right.
2 112 The second rider had halted there.
2 113 He was dressed much as the first man, except that no chain depended from his helmet, but his wind scarf was wrapped about his face.
The head of the kaiila bears two large eyes, one on each side, but these eyes are triply lidded, probably an adaptation to the environment which occasionally is wracked by severe storms of wind and dust; the adaptation, actually a transparent third lid, permits the animal to move as it wishes under conditions that force other prairie animals to back into the wind or, like the sleen, to burrow into the ground. The kaiila is most dangerous under such conditions, and, as if it knew this, often uses such times for its hunt. Now the rider had reined in the kaiila. He held his ground, waiting for the others. I could hear the soft thud of a kaiila's paws in the grass, to my right. The second rider had halted there. He was dressed much as the first man, except that no chain depended from his helmet, but his wind scarf was wrapped about his face. - (Nomads of Gor)