Book 4. (1 results) Nomads of Gor (Individual Quote)
Chapter #
Sentence #
Quote
4
36
Slowly, singing in a guttural chant, a tuchuk warrior song, he began to swing the bola.
Slowly, singing in a guttural chant, a Tuchuk warrior song, he began to swing the bola.
- (Nomads of Gor, Chapter 4, Sentence #36)
Book 4. (7 results) Nomads of Gor (Context Quote)
Chapter #
Sentence #
Quote
4
33
Then so too did the others, even the white-caped man of the Paravaci.
4
34
Then the tuchuk drove his own lance into the dirt and hung on the lance his glossy shield.
4
35
I saw him draw one of the quivas from a saddle sheath, loosen the long, triple-weighted bola from his side.
4
36
Slowly, singing in a guttural chant, a tuchuk warrior song, he began to swing the bola.
4
37
It consists of three long straps of leather, each about five feet long, each terminating in a leather sack which contains, sewn inside, a heavy, round, metal weight.
4
38
It was probably developed for hunting the tumit, a huge, flightless carnivorous bird of the plains, but the Wagon Peoples use it also, and well, as a weapon of war.
4
39
Thrown low the long straps, with their approximate ten-foot sweep, almost impossible to evade, strike the victim and the weighted balls, as soon as resistance is met, whip about the victim, tangling and tightening the straps.
Then so too did the others, even the white-caped man of the Paravaci.
Then the tuchuk drove his own lance into the dirt and hung on the lance his glossy shield.
I saw him draw one of the quivas from a saddle sheath, loosen the long, triple-weighted bola from his side.
Slowly, singing in a guttural chant, a tuchuk warrior song, he began to swing the bola.
It consists of three long straps of leather, each about five feet long, each terminating in a leather sack which contains, sewn inside, a heavy, round, metal weight.
It was probably developed for hunting the tumit, a huge, flightless carnivorous bird of the plains, but the Wagon Peoples use it also, and well, as a weapon of war.
Thrown low the long straps, with their approximate ten-foot sweep, almost impossible to evade, strike the victim and the weighted balls, as soon as resistance is met, whip about the victim, tangling and tightening the straps.
- (Nomads of Gor, Chapter 4)