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Shaba

Book 13. (322 results) Explorers of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
15	1	Msaliti and I Are Tricked by Shaba; What Occurred Outside the Headquarters of Msaliti and Shaba "You are late," said Msaliti.	10
1	204	His pupil, Shaba, was the first civilized man to circumnavigate Lake Ushindi.	10
1	218	"And until the calculations of Ramani, and the expeditions of Shaba and Ramus, who had reason to believe otherwise?" "The rain forests closed the Cartius proper for most civilized persons from the south," I said, "and what trading took place tended to be confined to the ubarates of the southern shor...	10
1	223	"But surely, before the expedition of Shaba," I said, "others must have searched for the exit of the Cartius from Ushindi".	10
1	225	"How is it that the expedition of Shaba was successful?" I asked.	10
1	229	Shaba's nine boats had fixed at their masts the tufted shields of the officialdom of Bila Huruma".	10
1	234	"Surely the hegemony is resented," said Samos, "as would seem borne out by the fact that some attacks did take place on the expedition of Shaba".	10
1	243	"But Shaba's work," I said, "as I understand it, demonstrated that no such passage exists".	10
1	245	But surely, even if you are not familiar with the role of Bila Huruma in these things, you have heard of the further discoveries of Shaba".	10
1	247	With considerable hardship, limiting himself to forty men, and temporarily abandoning all but two boats, which were half dragged and thrust through the marshes eastward, after two months, Shaba reached the western shore of what we now know as Lake Ngao".	10
1	251	I conjectured that it must have been a marvelous moment when Shaba and his men, toiling with ropes and poles, wading and shoveling, brought their two craft to the clear vista of vast, deep Lake Ngao.	10
1	253	"Shaba then continued the circumnavigation of Lake Ushindi," said Samos.	10
1	265	"Shaba himself, with his men and boats, pursued the river for only a hundred pasangs," I said, "when they were turned back by some falls and cataracts".	10
1	270	"The expedition of Shaba returned then," I said, "to Lake Ngao, completed its circumnavigation and returned later, via the swamps, to Lake Ushindi and the six ubarates".	10
1	276	"Shaba is an agent of Priest-Kings," said Samos.	10
1	614	"Shaba, the geographer of Anango, the explorer of Lake Ushindi, the discoverer of Lake Ngao and the Ua River," said Samos.	10
1	634	"To whom are the letters of introduction," I asked, "and to whom are made out the notes?" "One is to a man named Msaliti," said Samos, "and the other is to Shaba".	10
1	636	"They are made out to Shaba," said Samos.	10
1	637	"It seems then," I said, "that Shaba intends to surrender the ring to agents of Kurii, receive fees for this, and then carry to the Sardar this ring we have before us".	10
1	650	"And in the meantime, the Kurii would have regained the ring and Shaba would be a rich man".	10
1	659	"Shaba is doubtless in hiding," I said.	10
1	664	"Shaba is a very intelligent man," he said.	10
1	666	If Shaba, whom we may suppose contacts Msaliti, rather than the opposite, suspects anything is amiss, he will presumably not come forth".	10
1	667	"The girl is then the key to locating Shaba," I said.	10
1	676	All would suspect she was a decoy of some sort, a lure to draw forth Shaba".	10
1	678	"Shaba will want the notes for the fortunes," I said.	10
1	697	"You may need these," he said, "in case you encounter Shaba.	10
1	699	The Sardar could then be warned to intercept Shaba with the false ring and deal as they will with him".	10
1	705	"But beware of Shaba," he said.	10
3	68	I was very aware of the fact that I carried, in my sea bag, the ring which the blond barbarian had had on the Blossoms of Telnus and the notes, bearing the signatures and seals of Schendi bankers, who had been made out to Shaba, the geographer of Anango, the explorer of Lake Ushindi, and the discove...	10
4	842	I thought now she could be used easily to help locate Shaba, the geographer of Anango, the equatorial explorer.	10
5	656	She, I felt, was the key to the mystery, that device whereby I might locate Shaba and the fourth ring, one of the two remaining light-diversion rings, the secret of which had apparently perished long ago with Prasdak, the Kur inventor, he of the Cliff of Karrash.	10
6	65	Lake Ngao, which was discovered by Shaba, and named by him, was named for a shield, because of its long, oval shape.	10
6	81	Shaba usually named his discoveries, incidentally, in one or another of the inland dialects.	10
6	83	The inland language, or, better, one of its dialects, is, of course, the language of the court of Bila Huruma, Shaba's patron and supporter.	10
6	248	If she were still too rigid or irritating to men she might even, possibly, be slain before she could lead me to the mysterious Shaba.	10
6	782	She would lead me, inadvertently, to the geographer Shaba, explorer of Lake Ushindi, discoverer of Lake Ngao and the Ua river.	10
6	784	It was that which I sought, and perhaps, too, the blood of Shaba, who had betrayed Priest-Kings.	10
11	1	Shaba The girl stood at the heavy, wooden door, on the dark street, and knocked, sharply, four times, followed by a pause, and then twice.	10
11	262	"Perhaps he would give them to an agent," said the girl, "to be brought to Schendi for sale to Shaba".	10
11	363	"That letter," I said, "is for Shaba, the geographer of Anango".	10
11	365	"I am Shaba," he said, "the geographer of Anango".	10
12	2	"Do you have the false ring, and the notes with you?" asked Shaba.	10
12	4	"Are they in Schendi?" asked Shaba.	10
12	6	"Do you have the ring with you?" "Perhaps," smiled Shaba.	10
12	10	"Do you come to us as an agent on behalf of Bejar, a captain of Port Kar?" inquired Shaba.	10
12	12	"No," said Shaba.	10
12	20	"Perhaps," said Shaba.	10
12	24	"I think so," said Shaba.	10
12	28	"It is personal business," said Shaba.	10
12	30	"Since," said Shaba, "you come neither from Bejar nor as a simple speculator, I think we may infer that you come to us from one of two sources.	10
12	42	"You will then, of course," I said, to Shaba, "as an agent of Priest-Kings, bear the ring to the Sardar".	10
12	43	"Do you not think it is a little late for that now?" inquired Shaba.	10
12	47	Shaba looked at her.	10
12	50	"You do not look like one who would serve Kurii," said Shaba to me, smiling.	10
12	60	"It is an old Schendi trick," said Shaba.	10
12	65	"It is not uncommon for burglars to enter houses through these grilles," said Shaba.	10
12	74	"Small bells are attached to the grille slats," said Shaba, "which dangle down, near the ears of the sleepers.	10
12	77	"Actually," said Shaba, "you did extremely well.	10
12	92	"It required, of course," he said, "the aid of Shaba, and the ring".	10
12	98	Shaba, under the cover of the ring, drugged the paga which I drank.	10
12	100	"Yes," said Shaba.	10
12	102	"The drug," said Shaba, "was a simple combination of sajel, a simple pustulant, and gieron, an unusual allergen.	10
12	105	"I did not think many would care to approach you," said Shaba.	10
12	107	"Certainly not," said Shaba.	10
12	115	"Had I not found your headquarters tonight, then," I said, "you would have contacted me?" "Of course," said Shaba, "tomorrow.	10
12	124	"For two reasons," said Shaba.	10
12	137	"Yes," said Shaba, "from time to time".	10
12	144	"If we knew it," said Shaba, "men, even now, would be ransacking it for the ring and notes".	10
12	146	"You moved quickly," said Shaba.	10
12	150	"But now," said Shaba, "we are all friends".	10
12	155	"You choose to move under the cover of darkness?" asked Shaba.	10
12	157	"Very well," said Shaba.	10
12	163	"Let us have a drink," said Shaba, "to celebrate this long-awaited rendezvous".	10
12	168	"Do you have the paga of Ar, of the brewery of Temus?" "Woe," smiled Shaba.	10
12	176	"My dear," asked Shaba, of the dark-haired girl, "would you bring us paga?" She stiffened.	10
12	180	"Forgive us, my dear," said Shaba.	10
12	184	"Forgive me," I said to Shaba, taking the cup which she had placed before him.	10
12	188	"To victory," said Shaba.	10
12	193	"Forgive me," said Shaba.	10
12	201	"Many agents use code names," said Shaba.	10
12	214	"I see that you know how to treat a woman," said Shaba.	10
12	219	Msaliti and Shaba, too, smiled.	10
12	281	"Of course," said Shaba.	10
12	350	"You made her serve well," said Shaba.	10
12	353	Then, in turn, as a naked paga slave, she served Msaliti and Shaba.	10
12	356	When the girl had finished serving Shaba she straightened up and came about the table, to where her cup rested on the low wood.	10
12	460	"Shaba!" she cried.	10
12	461	"Shaba!" "Your services are no longer required, my dear," said he.	10
12	538	"Behold," said Msaliti, smiling, to Shaba and myself.	10
12	603	"Bring with you," said Shaba, "the false ring and the notes".	10
12	651	"We are now alone," I said to Shaba.	10
12	654	"Yes," said Shaba, rising from behind the table.	10
12	658	"You are a shrewd man," said Shaba.	10
12	671	"Excellent," said Shaba.	10
13	67	When she thought she had been pretending to serve us in the headquarters of Shaba and Msaliti she had, of course, whether she intended it or not, much aroused me.	10
14	717	From the sea bag I drew forth the notes for fortunes, made out to Shaba, to be drawn on various of the banks of Schendi, and the false ring, that which he was supposed to carry to the Sardar in place of the true ring.	10
14	719	I did not think I would kill Shaba.	10
15	9	"Is Shaba here?" I asked.	10
15	51	"My orders," I said, "are to exchange them with Shaba for the authentic shield ring".	10
15	88	"I do not trust Shaba," he said.	10
15	102	"You are observant," said Shaba.	10
15	104	Across the table from us, in his customary place, sat Shaba.	10
15	111	"Was she pretty?" asked Shaba.	10
15	116	"It is my understanding," said Shaba to me, "that you have brought the notes and the false ring".	10
15	121	Shaba looked at the notes, carefully.	10
15	125	Shaba handed him the notes.	10
15	129	Then he handed them back to Shaba.	10
15	135	"But what if I do not carry the false ring to the Sardar?" asked Shaba.	10
15	137	"I see," said Shaba.	10
15	139	"That is understandable," said Shaba.	10
15	147	"I am satisfied to do the business tonight," said Shaba.	10
15	153	Shaba put the notes within his robes.	10
15	164	Actually I was not eager, for a personal reason, for Shaba to deliver the ring.	10
15	172	"The ring, please," said Shaba.	10
15	174	I handed Shaba the false ring and he slipped it on the chain.	10
15	178	"Are there more now?" I had not taken my eyes from Shaba.	10
15	181	"Then there are the same number now as before," said Shaba.	10
15	183	"I must commend you," said Shaba.	10
15	189	Shaba, the false ring on the chain, again fastened the chain behind his neck.	10
15	191	"I am leaving Schendi tonight," said Shaba.	10
15	194	"It would not be well for you to be too much missed," smiled Shaba.	10
15	197	"I wish you well, my colleagues in treachery," said Shaba.	10
15	209	"Stop Shaba!" I said.	10
15	214	Shaba was a brilliant man.	10
15	226	Shaba now had both the true ring, the Tahari ring, and the false ring, that which Kurii had intended to be delivered to the Sardar in lieu of the true ring.	10
15	234	The jeweler who had duplicated the ring for Shaba had failed slightly in that particular.	10
15	247	"Doubtless Shaba scratched it".	10
15	256	"Shaba then has the perfect ring," he said.	10
15	258	Shaba had the perfect ring, which was the false ring.	10
15	261	"Shaba must not be permitted to cash the notes he carries".	10
15	276	There must be an apprehension of Shaba".	10
16	154	"Bila Huruma, in virtue of the discoveries of Shaba," said Ayari, "has claimed all lands in the Lake Ngao region.	10
17	8	"Why could you not apprehend Shaba at the banks?" I asked.	10
17	17	Our money, that which we paid for the ring, is being used to outfit an expedition for the exploration of the Ua!" "That is a venture," I said, "surely of interest to both a geographer, such as Shaba, and a Ubar, such as Bila Huruma".	10
17	31	"Surely the hand of Shaba may be seen in this," said Msaliti.	10
17	33	"Of those in these lands," said Msaliti, "only you and I, and Shaba, know of the ring".	10
17	34	"I gather that you now know the whereabouts of Shaba," I said.	10
17	48	"But what do you have further in mind?" "Shaba, as one close to Bila Huruma, will be present in the court," he said.	10
17	49	"You will attack Shaba and slay him.	10
17	51	I will obtain the ring from the body of Shaba, and you, later, by arrangement, will be permitted to escape.	10
18	63	I could see Shaba in the group of people near Bila Huruma.	10
18	133	Bila Huruma and those about him, including Shaba, regarded me.	10
18	134	Shaba gave no sign that he recognized me.	10
18	138	It was not in the best interest of Shaba, or myself, or Msaliti, for the power of the ring to come to the attention of the sovereign of this vast equatorial ubarate.	10
18	139	When I was near Bila Huruma I was to draw the dagger, slay Shaba and then, by prearranged plan, be immediately apprehended by askari guardsmen, to be placed under arrest.	10
18	140	Msaliti was supposed to obtain the ring from the body of Shaba.	10
18	152	I smiled at Shaba.	10
18	159	First I thought it possible that some of the blacks in the room, besides Shaba and Msaliti, perhaps close counselors of Bila Huruma, might know Gorean.	10
18	183	"Why did you not kill Shaba!" he demanded.	10
18	193	As soon as Shaba was slain you would have had the askaris, at a word, in the heat of the thing, slay me.	10
18	215	"Shaba has the ring.	10
18	217	"Shaba knows you are in the palace," he said.	10
18	220	"Only we, and Shaba," said he, "know of the ring".	10
18	228	"If you wish to essay the quest in the chambers of Shaba yourself feel free to do so," I said.	10
18	231	"Also, if you should be so unfortunate as to run afoul of Shaba's fang ring it would mean the end of more than your position.	10
18	246	He is the patron of Shaba, his protector.	10
18	247	If Bila Huruma were gone, it would be easy to arrest Shaba and secure the ring".	10
18	248	"That may or may not be," I said, "but obviously Shaba is the fellow with the ring.	10
18	250	"Shaba may not be willing to surrender the ring," said Msaliti.	10
18	275	"I noticed externals," I said, "and I remember the things you told me of his signs of office, but my mind was more on Shaba, and yourself, than the Ubar.	10
19	6	"Surely Shaba will have others of his caste with him, geographers of the scribes," I said.	10
19	17	Shaba, I suspected, would have the ring about his neck.	10
19	25	I had expected that he would be accompanied by askaris, whom he would set upon me, to slay me, once I had either killed Shaba or obtained the ring.	10
19	48	I saw then that I was not in the room of Shaba.	10
19	49	In the center of the room, on a high platform, some nine feet high, supported by eight poles, sitting, cross-legged, naked, save for the panther teeth about his neck, was not Shaba, but the ubar, Bila Huruma.	10
19	83	If I had not found it on Shaba's person I surely would not have killed him, perhaps losing it forever.	10
19	98	I recalled then that Msaliti, in the morning, had told me that Bila Huruma was he who stood in the way of obtaining the ring, and that if he were gone it would be easy to arrest Shaba and secure the ring.	10
19	104	If the plan had been successful Bila Huruma would have been dead and Shaba, without his protector, would be much at the mercy of Msaliti who, as high wazir, would immediately assume, at least temporarily, the reins of government.	10
21	56	It had been that of Shaba, the geographer.	10
22	2	I had heard no drums coming from the west, nothing to suggest that there was a pursuit of Shaba.	10
22	4	There had been three vessels, of the sort which had been prepared in Ianda and brought to Schendi, and then to Lake Ushindi by way of the Nyoka, part of the fleet which Bila Huruma was organizing to support the explorations of Shaba, navigating the Ua, into the far interior.	10
22	6	And Shaba had moved in secrecy.	10
22	10	It seemed clear to me that Shaba must be in flight, and I had little doubt that he must have the ring with him, to obtain which had been the object of my journey to Schendi.	10
22	13	I dug, and Shaba, my quarry, moved further away from me with each thrust of the shovel, each bite and sting of each tiny insect.	10
23	404	"I follow one called Shaba.	10
25	17	Shaba, I recalled, had been the first of civilized men, or outlanders, to have seen this sight.	10
25	19	Unfortunate, I thought, that the first civilized person to have seen this sight had been the treacherous Shaba.	10
25	28	"I am seeking one called Shaba," I said, "one with whom I have business to conclude.	10
27	15	"I would know," I said, "if Shaba came this way, and how long ago".	10
27	89	We were far behind Shaba and his men.	10
27	141	Shaba was far ahead of us.	10
27	288	"Others," said he, "than your Shaba and his followers have passed here.	10
27	299	"But I fear that it is not we alone who seek your Shaba".	10
28	21	"Doubtless from one of the vessels of Shaba," said Ayari.	10
31	30	"Shaba was here," said Ayari.	10
31	36	"Of course," said Ayari, "and doubtless Shaba and his men set themselves to learn something of the speech of this village".	10
31	51	"Shaba, did he not," I asked, "went upriver?" "Yes," said Ayari.	10
32	17	The boats of Shaba had been sectioned, to facilitate such portages.	10
32	34	"Shaba passed here," said Kisu, sitting down, wiping the sweat, like river water, from his head.	10
32	37	We generally followed the portage routes determined by Shaba and his scouts.	10
32	40	I had little doubt that we, now, were moving much more swiftly than Shaba.	10
32	43	I suspected, from the degree of recovery of the jungle following the passage of Shaba and his men, that he was not more than fifteen or twenty days ahead of us on the river.	10
33	31	There must have been in the neighborhood of a hundred, oared river galleys, the balance of the fleet which had been prepared for Shaba's originally projected penetration of the Ua, and perhaps again as many canoes.	10
33	90	Shaba, however, I was sure, from Anango, would possess such an instrument.	10
34	189	I had wanted her shipped to Schendi that I might, by means of her, following her sales and exchanges, be led to the lair of the treacherous Shaba, traitor to Priest-Kings.	10
36	15	Shaba had not, at that time, as far as we knew, lost a galley.	10
36	20	Shaba now had but two galleys.	10
39	9	"We can perhaps trade for fruit and vegetables and you can obtain information on he whom you seek, he called Shaba".	10
42	6	Too, we had seen no new evidence of Shaba ahead of us.	10
48	13	"You were with Shaba," I said.	10
48	27	In Schendi I was contacted by an agent of Shaba, who was secretly recruiting oarsmen for a venture in the interior.	10
48	30	"Where now is Shaba?" I asked.	10
48	37	"Shaba did not turn back?" I asked.	10
48	43	"Shaba, lying ill in a camp," he said, "gave permission that all who wished to leave might be free to do so".	10
48	89	"We are not gentlemen like Shaba," I said.	10
48	91	"On the river," said he, "Shaba is not a gentleman either".	10
49	23	"Is it Shaba?" asked Kisu.	10
49	29	"It is another of Shaba's men," said Turgus.	10
49	37	"It is one of the galleys of Shaba, is it not?" I asked Turgus.	10
49	43	"I do not think Shaba continued further on the river," said Turgus.	10
49	52	"Surely Shaba could not have proceeded further," said Turgus.	10
49	56	"Do you think Shaba would have turned back?" I asked.	10
49	64	None was that of Shaba.	10
49	79	"I fear," said Turgus, "that it signifies the destruction of Shaba".	10
49	82	But I think, too, that if the destruction of Shaba was the content of the message that we might well have heard drums yesterday and the day before, when perhaps the second galley was destroyed.	10
49	83	Why would the drums sound just now?" "Then Shaba may live," I said.	10
50	29	"It is the third galley," said Turgus, "the last galley of Shaba".	10
50	40	"Shaba must be here," said Turgus.	10
50	50	"Why do you seek Shaba?" asked Turgus.	10
50	53	"Do you mean harm to Shaba?" he asked.	10
50	56	"I was in service to Shaba".	10
50	58	"Shaba treated me well," said he.	10
50	74	She would be given absolutely no opportunity whatsoever to attempt to give an alarm to Shaba, should we come upon him, thinking such an action on her part might please her master.	10
51	221	"It is quite possible that we will never find Shaba within it".	10
52	8	"Was it not for me that you journeyed upon the river?" "Where is Shaba?" asked Bila Huruma.	10
52	116	"What sign have you seen of Shaba?" inquired Bila Huruma.	10
52	130	"I seek Shaba," said Bila Huruma.	10
52	161	"Why do you seek Shaba?" asked Bila Huruma.	10
52	184	"I will take you to Shaba," said the scribe.	10
53	1	The Battle; Blood and Steel; We Survive "I had hoped that you would follow," said Shaba.	10
53	4	Shaba, drawn and worn, lay upon a couch, blankets behind his head.	10
53	16	Shaba's men had, to some extent, refortified the ruin, placing stones within the threshold so that only one man at a time might enter.	10
53	18	Shaba had still with him some fifty men.	10
53	19	While the rest of our two parties, including Bila Huruma, had waited within the threshold, I was conducted across the broad stone court to its center, where, on a huge stone couch, of ancient design, lay Shaba.	10
53	20	Before being allowed to approach him closely Shaba's men, ringing me with spears, placed me in manacles, locking my hands behind my back.	10
53	22	"Shaba is dying," had said the scribe who had conducted us to this place.	10
53	24	I regarded Shaba.	10
53	25	"Please, my friend," said Shaba to me, "forgive the manacles.	10
53	27	About Shaba's neck, on a thin golden chain, hung a ring.	10
53	32	Shaba touched the ring.	10
53	38	"I am a scribe, and a man of science and letters," said Shaba.	10
53	41	"Such things are not of interest to me," said Shaba.	10
53	68	This had been built, being extended outward from the opposite shore, by Shaba's men.	10
53	73	The grunt in the moat were for a time an effective barrier, but surely Shaba and his men realized that it must be temporary.	10
53	77	"Of course," said Shaba.	10
53	81	"It proved enough," said Shaba.	10
53	84	"Yes," said Shaba.	10
53	90	"He is Ngumi," said Shaba.	10
53	94	"There are brave men in all castes," said Shaba.	10
53	96	"That Msaliti gain entrance to the fortification?" asked Shaba.	10
53	100	"Look there," said Shaba, indicating a table to one side, on which there lay a cylindrical leather case, with a leather cap, and four notebooks, heavy and bound with leather.	10
53	106	"They are," said Shaba, "of inestimable value to all civilized men".	10
53	108	"The maps, those records," said Shaba, "open up a new world.	10
53	120	Shaba smiled.	10
53	130	"Do not think too poorly of me, Tarl," said Shaba.	10
53	141	"So," said Shaba, "I took the ring.	10
53	146	"Yes," said Shaba, "it is those things which I have purchased with the theft of the ring, and my life".	10
53	151	Shaba had fled, I recalled, with three galleys.	10
53	153	"It is perhaps he whom I have most wronged," said Shaba, sadly, "and yet I think that in fleeing his palace I may have saved his life".	10
53	155	"Bila Huruma, my patron and protector," said Shaba, "stood between Msaliti and myself.	10
53	163	"I do not think Bila Huruma has followed me for the ring," smiled Shaba.	10
53	165	Shaba said nothing.	10
53	168	"Perhaps," smiled Shaba.	10
53	170	"By using him for my purposes," said Shaba.	10
53	172	Shaba lay back on the blankets for a moment.	10
53	175	Shaba, weary, opened his eyes.	10
53	183	I spun about to see one of Shaba's men reel about and then plunge bloody from the wall's height to the stones below.	10
53	193	"Remove these manacles!" I cried to Ngumi, the scribe at the side of Shaba, he who had conducted us to this place.	10
53	204	The scribe threw a wild look at Shaba.	10
53	205	"Free him," said Shaba.	10
53	217	I saw one of the beasts throw itself, panga still in its fangs, toward Shaba, reaching for the ring on its chain.	10
53	219	The beast who had attacked Shaba suddenly drew back, startled.	10
53	227	The beast who had attacked Shaba lay dead by his couch.	10
53	228	Shaba was coughing and spitting blood.	10
53	232	The table on which reposed the map case and notebooks of Shaba seemed to explode in two, wood splintering and flying to the sides, the map case and notebooks, scattering, showering upward.	10
53	239	I saw another Kur at Shaba.	10
53	240	Again Shaba interposed the fang ring.	10
53	241	I saw the six digits of the paw close on the chain about Shaba's neck, and then the digits released the chain and the beast slipped back, limply.	10
53	248	I looked back once to Shaba, who, head down, was clutching at the blankets of the couch.	10
53	251	Shaba lifted his head.	10
53	259	The tribal stitching on his face, so startling and paradoxical in a scribe, a man of civilization, was identical to that on the face of Shaba.	10
53	440	I looked to the couch of Shaba.	10
53	442	Shaba, coughing, held his chest.	10
53	445	He had then fallen upon Shaba.	10
53	446	From the wounds I adjudged Shaba had been struck at least four or five times.	10
53	479	Bila Huruma hurried to the side of Shaba.	10
53	484	I descended from the stones which had been piled in the threshold by Shaba's men, the better to fortify the walled area.	10
53	505	"Shaba is dead," he said.	10
54	8	Shaba's galley, and the three galleys and canoes of Bila Huruma, and our raiders' canoe, which had served us so long and faithfully, could be seen far below us, where they were moored at the landing.	10
54	11	Bila Huruma himself, with his own hands, had cast the ashes of Shaba high into the air where the wind would catch them and carry them over the city, and to the jungles beyond.	10
54	12	A part of Shaba, thus, would continue his geographer's trek, a bit of white ash blown on the wind, evanescent but obdurate, brief but eternal, something irrevocably implicated in the realities of history and eternity.	10
54	15	"Write there, instead, Lake Shaba".	10
54	21	Of Shaba's men some seventeen survived.	10
54	23	"Shaba was my friend".	10
54	37	"Shaba might have brought them through.	10
54	44	"Shaba told me," I said, "that he had wronged you".	10
54	54	"Did Msaliti not encourage you to venture in pursuit of Shaba?" I asked.	10
54	55	"Did he not inform you of something of great value which lay in the possession of Shaba?" "No," said Bila Huruma.	10
54	59	"It seems," I said, "that Shaba expected me, or another, to follow him upon the river".	10
54	78	"Shaba," I said, "told me that he had used you for his purposes.	10
54	99	Ramani of Anango, who was the teacher of Shaba, awaits them there".	10
54	100	"Shaba planned well," I said.	10
54	122	"Do you know," I asked, "what I, and Msaliti, sought from Shaba?" "Of course," he said.	10
54	123	"Shaba, before he died, told me all".	10
54	130	"Shaba," he said, "asked me to give this to you.	10
54	137	"Shaba," said Bila Huruma, "asked me to extend to you his thanks and apologies.	10
54	152	"It was the wish of Shaba," said Bila Huruma.	10
54	157	"Shaba was one," I said.	10
55	2	The Ubar and I descended the steps together, that we might make our departure from the landing, from the eastern shore of Lake Shaba.	10
55	8	The earth shook, the waters of Lake Shaba roiled.	10
55	26	Near me in the canoe, wrapped in waterproof, oiled skins, and tied to a floatable frame, were the map case and notebooks of Shaba.	10
57	49	I thought of Shaba, and his voyages of exploration, the circumnavigation of Lake Ushindi, the discovery and circumnavigation of Lake Ngao, and the discovery and exploration of the Ua, even to the discovery of its source in the placid waters of that vast lake he had called Lake Bila Huruma.	10
57	50	But by the wish of Bila Huruma I had changed its name to Lake Shaba.	10
57	53	"I am grateful," had said Ramani of Anango, who had once been the teacher of Shaba.	10
57	54	I had delivered to him, and to two others of his caste, the maps and notebooks of Shaba.	10
57	67	One could then, for thousands of pasangs, follow the Ua until one reached its terminus in Lake Shaba.	10
57	68	And Lake Shaba itself was fed by numerous smaller streams and rivers, each giving promise, like the tributaries of the Ua itself, to the latency of new countries.	10
57	69	The importance of the work of Bila Huruma and Shaba, one a Ubar, the other a scribe and explorer, could not, in my opinion, be overestimated.	10
57	223	I recalled her well from before, when she had served Shaba, Msaliti, and myself.	10
57	313	"I have moneys here in Schendi," he said, "notes which I have drawn upon my return from the Ua, moneys connected with my fees for accompanying Shaba's expedition.	10
57	330	"Do you regret," I asked, "what has occurred to you in these past months?" "No," he said, "I have had the honor of serving with Shaba, and with yourself.	10