Book 30. (1 results) Mariners of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 3 | 62 | In this way the View more quotes about ship">ship may move in silence. |
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Book 30. (7 results) Mariners of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 3 | 59 | To be sure, not all round ships regulate their day in this fashion. |
| 3 | 60 | Some differences occur, port to port, Ubarate to Ubarate. |
| 3 | 61 | Some round ships do not have recourse to bars, at all, but use clepsydras, sand glasses, and such, to mark watches, and use watch keepers to alert or rouse the pertinent watch. |
| 3 | 62 | In this way the ship may move in silence. |
| 3 | 63 | For example, watch bars are not used on a long ship, a ship of war. |
| 3 | 64 | On such ships bars may, however, serve other purposes, signaling and such. |
| 3 | 65 | On some ships they time the stroke of oars, but this is more commonly done by mallets on a copper-headed drum, or, if silence is in order, by calling the beat, from amidships. |
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To be sure, not all round ships regulate their day in this fashion.
Some differences occur, port to port, Ubarate to Ubarate.
Some round ships do not have recourse to bars, at all, but use clepsydras, sand glasses, and such, to mark watches, and use watch keepers to alert or rouse the pertinent watch.
In this way the ship may move in silence.
For example, watch bars are not used on a long ship, a ship of war.
On such ships bars may, however, serve other purposes, signaling and such.
On some ships they time the stroke of oars, but this is more commonly done by mallets on a copper-headed drum, or, if silence is in order, by calling the beat, from amidships.
- (Mariners of Gor)