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There are also, of course, as one would expect, contests of physical combat, such as those of wrestling and boxing, fists often wrapped in the dreadful cesti, and weapon combat, amongst which would be numbered the Gambles of Blades. - (Quarry of Gor, Chapter 30, Sentence #103)

What play, what declamation, what dance, what song, what song drama will be awarded a city's prize, a golden tripod and its sack of coins? Who is most skilled with the bow, the peasant bow or the riflelike crossbow, or the casting of darts or javelins? And races are popular, those of slaves, male and female, of the lofty kaiila, of tharlarion of various sorts, four-legged and two-legged, ponderous and fleet, and of the broad-winged, fierce, mighty tarns. Breeding lines are often kept in such matters. Breeding fees for champion animals can be exorbitant. There are also, of course, as one would expect, contests of physical combat, such as those of wrestling and boxing, fists often wrapped in the dreadful cesti, and weapon combat, amongst which would be numbered the Gambles of Blades. Gambling amongst Goreans, as amongst those of my former world, can range from a pastime and a pleasure, something enjoyable and dismissible, to an obsession and an agony, a compulsive destructive force very much akin to an addiction, such as that to the dangerous and powerful drug, kanda. The Gambles of Blades, as noted, is a form of weapon combat. One venue for such combat is the Skerry of Lars. - (Quarry of Gor)