Book 16. (7 results) Guardsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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171
There was cheering upon the Tina.
4
172
On each of the ships of Ar's Station there were long, heavy sets of planks, fastened together by transverse crosspieces.
4
173
These heavy constructions were some twenty-five feet in length, and some seven or eight feet in width.
4
174
They were mounted on high platforms near the masts, one at each mast, and could be run out on rollers from the mast, to which they were fastened by adjustable lengths of chain.
4
175
At the tops these constructions leaned back toward the masts, to which, at the top, they were secured by ropes.
4
176
Projecting outwards from the top of each of these constructions there was, like a curved nail, a bent, gigantic, forged spike.
4
177
"The fleet is coming about!" cried a man.
There was cheering upon the Tina.
On each of the ships of Ar's Station there were long, heavy sets of planks, fastened together by transverse crosspieces.
These heavy constructions were some twenty-five feet in length, and some seven or eight feet in width.
They were mounted on high platforms near the masts, one at each mast, and could be run out on rollers from the mast, to which they were fastened by adjustable lengths of chain.
At the tops these constructions leaned back toward the masts, to which, at the top, they were secured by ropes.
Projecting outwards from the top of each of these constructions there was, like a curved nail, a bent, gigantic, forged spike.
"The fleet is coming about!" cried a man.
- (Guardsman of Gor, Chapter )