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They had never been summoned by the Aretai, who had no right to do this, but they had never failed to come. - (Tribesmen of Gor, Chapter 23, Sentence #105)

More than two hundred years ago a wandering Tajuk had been rescued in the desert by Aretai riders, who had treated him well, and had given him water and a kaiila. The man had found his way back to his own tents. Since that time the Tajuks had, whenever they heard the Aretai were gathering, and summoning tribes, come to ride with them. They had never been summoned by the Aretai, who had no right to do this, but they had never failed to come. Usually an Aretai merchant, selling small goods, would visit the tents of the Khan of the Tajuks, the black kaffiyeh and white agal cording guaranteeing him safe passage, and, at the campfire of the Khan, after his trading, while drinking tea, would say, "I have heard that the Aretai are gathering for war". "At what place," would inquire the Tajuk Khan, as had his father, and his father before him. The Khan would then be told the place. - (Tribesmen of Gor)