Book 13. (7 results) Explorers of Gor (Context Quote)
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It was more irritating, of course, to realize that even considerable areas of territory above Schendi, south of the Vosk, and west of Ar, were unknown.
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214
"There was good reason to speculate that the Cartius entered the Vosk, by way of Lake Ushindi," I said.
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215
"I know," said Samos, "tradition, and the directions and flow of the rivers.
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216
Who would have understood, of the cities, that they were not the same?" "Even the bargemen of the Cartius proper, the subequatorial Cartius, and those of the Thassa Cartius, far to the north, thought the rivers to be but one waterway".
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217
"Yes," said Samos.
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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 shore of Lake Ushindi.
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It was convenient then, for trading purposes, to make use of either the Kamba or the Nyoka to reach Thassa".
It was more irritating, of course, to realize that even considerable areas of territory above Schendi, south of the Vosk, and west of Ar, were unknown.
"There was good reason to speculate that the Cartius entered the Vosk, by way of Lake Ushindi," I said.
"I know," said Samos, "tradition, and the directions and flow of the rivers.
Who would have understood, of the cities, that they were not the same?" "Even the bargemen of the Cartius proper, the subequatorial Cartius, and those of the Thassa Cartius, far to the north, thought the rivers to be but one waterway".
"Yes," said Samos.
"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 shore of Lake Ushindi.
It was convenient then, for trading purposes, to make use of either the Kamba or the Nyoka to reach Thassa".
- (Explorers of Gor, Chapter )