Book 6. (1 results) Raiders of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 10 | 17 | Surbus had not been a View more quotes about particularly">particularly important captain, but he had been the master of a fleet of seven, now mine. |
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Book 6. (7 results) Raiders of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 10 | 14 | A scribe, at a large table before the five thrones, was droning the record of the last meeting of the council. |
| 10 | 15 | There are commonly about one hundred and twenty captains who form the council, sometimes a few more, sometimes a few less. |
| 10 | 16 | Admittance to the council is based on being master of at least five ships. |
| 10 | 17 | Surbus had not been a particularly important captain, but he had been the master of a fleet of seven, now mine. |
| 10 | 18 | These five ships, pertinent to council membership, may be either the round ships, with deep holds for merchandise, or the long ships, ram-ships, ships of war. |
| 10 | 19 | Both are predominantly oared vessels, but the round ship carries a heavier, permanent rigging, and supports more sail, being generally two-masted. |
| 10 | 20 | The round ship, of course, is not round, but it does have a much wider beam to its length of keel, say, about one to six, whereas the ratios of the war galleys are about one to eight. |
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A scribe, at a large table before the five thrones, was droning the record of the last meeting of the council.
There are commonly about one hundred and twenty captains who form the council, sometimes a few more, sometimes a few less.
Admittance to the council is based on being master of at least five ships.
Surbus had not been a particularly important captain, but he had been the master of a fleet of seven, now mine.
These five ships, pertinent to council membership, may be either the round ships, with deep holds for merchandise, or the long ships, ram-ships, ships of war.
Both are predominantly oared vessels, but the round ship carries a heavier, permanent rigging, and supports more sail, being generally two-masted.
The round ship, of course, is not round, but it does have a much wider beam to its length of keel, say, about one to six, whereas the ratios of the war galleys are about one to eight.
- (Raiders of Gor)