Book 4. (1 results) Nomads of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 16 | 28 | It would contain View more quotes about literally">literally hundreds of gallons of water when filled. |
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Book 4. (7 results) Nomads of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 16 | 25 | After what seemed to me an uncomfortably long moment we emerged again, this time at the bottom of a tile-lined well. |
| 16 | 26 | It was a rather wide well, perhaps about fifteen feet in width. |
| 16 | 27 | A foot or so above the surface hung a huge, heavy drum, now tipped on its side. |
| 16 | 28 | It would contain literally hundreds of gallons of water when filled. |
| 16 | 29 | Two ropes led to the drum, a small rope to control its filling, and a large one to support it; the large rope, incidentally, has a core of chain; the rope itself, existing primarily to protect the chain, is treated with a waterproof glue made from the skins, bones and hoofs of bosk, secured by trade with the Wagon Peoples. |
| 16 | 30 | Even so the rope and chain must be replaced twice a year. |
| 16 | 31 | I judged that the top of the well might lie eight or nine hundred feet above us. |
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After what seemed to me an uncomfortably long moment we emerged again, this time at the bottom of a tile-lined well.
It was a rather wide well, perhaps about fifteen feet in width.
A foot or so above the surface hung a huge, heavy drum, now tipped on its side.
It would contain literally hundreds of gallons of water when filled.
Two ropes led to the drum, a small rope to control its filling, and a large one to support it; the large rope, incidentally, has a core of chain; the rope itself, existing primarily to protect the chain, is treated with a waterproof glue made from the skins, bones and hoofs of bosk, secured by trade with the Wagon Peoples.
Even so the rope and chain must be replaced twice a year.
I judged that the top of the well might lie eight or nine hundred feet above us.
- (Nomads of Gor)