Book 10. (1 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 1 | 464 | If it were not for the View more quotes about caravan">caravan bells, the slow moving, otherwise generally silent caravans, might, unknowingly, pass within yards of men in desperate need of succor. |
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Book 10. (7 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 1 | 461 | When the search is discontinued, after success or failure, these markers are destroyed, lest they be taken by travelers for water arrows, markers indicating the direction of water holes, underground cisterns or oases. |
| 1 | 462 | The caravan kaiila, incidentally, both those which are pack animals and those used as mounts for guards and warriors, are muchly belled. |
| 1 | 463 | This helps to keep the animals together, makes it easier to move in darkness, and in a country where, often, one cannot see more than a hundred yards to the next dune or plateau, is an important factor in survival. |
| 1 | 464 | If it were not for the caravan bells, the slow moving, otherwise generally silent caravans, might, unknowingly, pass within yards of men in desperate need of succor. |
| 1 | 465 | The kaiila of raiders, incidentally, are never belled. |
| 1 | 466 | "By noon," said Ibn Saran, "the boy was found. |
| 1 | 467 | Hearing the bells of a guard's mount, he emerged from the shelter trench, and, attracting the man's attention, was rescued. |
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When the search is discontinued, after success or failure, these markers are destroyed, lest they be taken by travelers for water arrows, markers indicating the direction of water holes, underground cisterns or oases.
The caravan kaiila, incidentally, both those which are pack animals and those used as mounts for guards and warriors, are muchly belled.
This helps to keep the animals together, makes it easier to move in darkness, and in a country where, often, one cannot see more than a hundred yards to the next dune or plateau, is an important factor in survival.
If it were not for the caravan bells, the slow moving, otherwise generally silent caravans, might, unknowingly, pass within yards of men in desperate need of succor.
The kaiila of raiders, incidentally, are never belled.
"By noon," said Ibn Saran, "the boy was found.
Hearing the bells of a guard's mount, he emerged from the shelter trench, and, attracting the man's attention, was rescued.
- (Tribesmen of Gor)