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Accordingly, unopposed, it would have cut the chain rather than engage in the arduous task of beaching and moving over fifty ships some two or three hundred yards overland. - (Guardsman of Gor, Chapter 10, Sentence #62)

We did not think that the pirate vessels had been brought on rollers about the beach south of the chain's terminal pylons to the south. It had shown no sign of combat or damage. Thus, it had not been opposed by Callisthenes. Accordingly, unopposed, it would have cut the chain rather than engage in the arduous task of beaching and moving over fifty ships some two or three hundred yards overland. Our speculations in this matter proved correct and we used this break in the chain to move to its western side. Before we had left the vicinity of the encounter between the Tais and the Tamira, I had called loudly, as though to Callimachus, "We have made good our immediate escape! Let us hasten now to Tetrapoli, where our safety most securely may be sought!" There had been an answering cheer from the crew of the Tina, to which cheer the men, upon our signal, gave vent. This ruse, of course, was for the benefit of survivors of the Tamira, still in the water about, clinging to wreckage. - (Guardsman of Gor)