Book 10. (1 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 16 | 15 | One of the View more quotes about poles">poles, released in deep water, will stand upright in the water, about a yard of it above the surface. |
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Book 10. (7 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 16 | 12 | The raft is guided by a sweep at its stern, in the keeping of the steersman. |
| 16 | 13 | It is propelled by the polemen. |
| 16 | 14 | The poles used are weighted at the bottom, and are some twenty feet in length. |
| 16 | 15 | One of the poles, released in deep water, will stand upright in the water, about a yard of it above the surface. |
| 16 | 16 | The weight makes it easier to keep the pole, which is long, submerged. |
| 16 | 17 | It may thus be used with less fatigue. |
| 16 | 18 | The floor of the brine pit, in most places, is ten to fifteen feet below the surface of the water. |
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The raft is guided by a sweep at its stern, in the keeping of the steersman.
It is propelled by the polemen.
The poles used are weighted at the bottom, and are some twenty feet in length.
One of the poles, released in deep water, will stand upright in the water, about a yard of it above the surface.
The weight makes it easier to keep the pole, which is long, submerged.
It may thus be used with less fatigue.
The floor of the brine pit, in most places, is ten to fifteen feet below the surface of the water.
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