Book 1. (1 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 3 | 264 | They fear View more quotes about nothing">nothing but the tarn-goad. |
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Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 3 | 261 | Disregarding the disproportion in size, the Earth bird which the tarn most closely resembles is the hawk, with the exception that it has a crest somewhat of the nature of a jay's. |
| 3 | 262 | Tarns, who are vicious things, are seldom more than half tamed and, like their diminutive earthly counterparts, the hawks, are carnivorous. |
| 3 | 263 | It is not unknown for a tarn to attack and devour his own rider. |
| 3 | 264 | They fear nothing but the tarn-goad. |
| 3 | 265 | They are trained by men of the Caste of Tarn Keepers to respond to it while still young, when they can be fastened by wires to the training perches. |
| 3 | 266 | Whenever a young bird soars away or refuses obedience in some fashion, he is dragged back to the perch and beaten with the tarn-goad. |
| 3 | 267 | Rings, comparable to those which are fastened on the legs of the young birds, are worn by the adult birds to reinforce the memory of the hobbling wire and the tarn-goad. |
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Disregarding the disproportion in size, the Earth bird which the tarn most closely resembles is the hawk, with the exception that it has a crest somewhat of the nature of a jay's.
Tarns, who are vicious things, are seldom more than half tamed and, like their diminutive earthly counterparts, the hawks, are carnivorous.
It is not unknown for a tarn to attack and devour his own rider.
They fear nothing but the tarn-goad.
They are trained by men of the Caste of Tarn Keepers to respond to it while still young, when they can be fastened by wires to the training perches.
Whenever a young bird soars away or refuses obedience in some fashion, he is dragged back to the perch and beaten with the tarn-goad.
Rings, comparable to those which are fastened on the legs of the young birds, are worn by the adult birds to reinforce the memory of the hobbling wire and the tarn-goad.
- (Tarnsman of Gor)