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Ar remains substantially a land power, but the river traffic, on the Vosk and, to the south, on the Cartius, is important to her. - (Hunters of Gor, Chapter 6, Sentence #176)

It permits her much wider trade perimeters than would otherwise be possible. Something similar is true of the Cartius, far to her south. Unfortunately for Ar, or perhaps fortunately for the maritime powers of Thassa, it is almost impossible to bring a large ship or barge through the Vosk's delta to the sea. Ar remains substantially a land power, but the river traffic, on the Vosk and, to the south, on the Cartius, is important to her. Tyros' financing of Vosk pirates, over the past century, was an attempt to deprive Ar of the Vosk markets, and make those markets more dependent on overland shipments of goods, originally debarked at shore ports, brought to them by the cargo ships of Tyros, and other maritime powers. "What if you do not convince her," asked Rim, "that you are of Tabor?" I shrugged. "If the price is high enough," I suggested, "Verna may not much care whether we are of Tabor or not". - (Hunters of Gor)