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Book 30. (1 results) Mariners of Gor (Individual Quote)

Some coasting is done but, on the whole, in the off season, the port is quiet. - (Mariners of Gor, Chapter 5, Sentence #7)
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5 7 Some coasting is done but, on the View more quotes about whole">whole, in the off season, the port is quiet.

Book 30. (7 results) Mariners of Gor (Context Quote)

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5 4 For those remaining in Telnus, a refundable fee would have been deducted from our pay, this entitling us to housing in the port dormitory, and the right to a meal, once daily, at the common tables, this an insurance against an empty purse, a hungry stomach, and a lodging on a winter street.
5 5 This was provided only for state mariners.
5 6 Private mariners must make do as they can, in the city or outside of it.
5 7 Some coasting is done but, on the whole, in the off season, the port is quiet.
5 8 After a lean dark winter spring is welcome.
5 9 The shed doors are opened, the vessels on their rollers emerge, into the light, as though awakening, and the rigging, refitting, caulking, and painting begins.
5 10 It is lovely when, later, the ships, wreathed with flowers, to singing and music, are brought to the water.
For those remaining in Telnus, a refundable fee would have been deducted from our pay, this entitling us to housing in the port dormitory, and the right to a meal, once daily, at the common tables, this an insurance against an empty purse, a hungry stomach, and a lodging on a winter street. This was provided only for state mariners. Private mariners must make do as they can, in the city or outside of it. Some coasting is done but, on the whole, in the off season, the port is quiet. After a lean dark winter spring is welcome. The shed doors are opened, the vessels on their rollers emerge, into the light, as though awakening, and the rigging, refitting, caulking, and painting begins. It is lovely when, later, the ships, wreathed with flowers, to singing and music, are brought to the water. - (Mariners of Gor)