Book 17. (1 results) Savages of Gor (Individual Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 1 | 1116 | A heel over the animal's back and a fist in its silken neck hair, or an arm thrust through a leather throat loop, provide the leverage needed for these feats. |
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Book 17. (7 results) Savages of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 1 | 1113 | Two further advantages of the small bow that might be mentioned are its maneuverability and its capacity to be concealed, say beneath a robe. |
| 1 | 1114 | It can be easily swept from one side of the kaiila to the other. |
| 1 | 1115 | In this type of combat, incidentally, it is not unusual for the warrior to shield himself behind the body of his racing kaiila, and, circling the enemy, rise up, suddenly, to fire over the animal's back or, sometimes, from beneath its neck. |
| 1 | 1116 | A heel over the animal's back and a fist in its silken neck hair, or an arm thrust through a leather throat loop, provide the leverage needed for these feats. |
| 1 | 1117 | To be sure, these folk are superb riders. |
| 1 | 1118 | A child is often put on kaiilaback, its tiny hands clutching the silken neck, before it can walk. |
| 1 | 1119 | Sometimes a strap dangles back for a few feet from the throat loop. |
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Two further advantages of the small bow that might be mentioned are its maneuverability and its capacity to be concealed, say beneath a robe.
It can be easily swept from one side of the kaiila to the other.
In this type of combat, incidentally, it is not unusual for the warrior to shield himself behind the body of his racing kaiila, and, circling the enemy, rise up, suddenly, to fire over the animal's back or, sometimes, from beneath its neck.
A heel over the animal's back and a fist in its silken neck hair, or an arm thrust through a leather throat loop, provide the leverage needed for these feats.
To be sure, these folk are superb riders.
A child is often put on kaiilaback, its tiny hands clutching the silken neck, before it can walk.
Sometimes a strap dangles back for a few feet from the throat loop.
- (Savages of Gor, Chapter 1)