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Book 21. (7 results) Mercenaries of Gor (Context Quote)

Chapter # Sentence # Quote
26 619 There was a tiny bit of oil left in it.
26 620 I relit the lamp with the lighter, or as the Goreans say "fire-maker," from my pouch.
26 621 It is a standard flint-and-wheel device, with its tiny wick and reservoir.
26 622 Goreans do not smoke, of course, but, as they commonly use natural flame for cooking and light, they find such a device, and others like it, utilizing springs and pyrites, with cartridges of oil-saturated tinder moss, and such, of great utility.
26 623 The common sulfur match, on the other hand, so common on Earth, I have never met with on Gor.
26 624 The chemistry involved in such a device, interestingly enough, is forbidden on Gor.
26 625 It is regarded as constituting a violation of the Weapons Laws imposed on Goreans by Priest-Kings.
There was a tiny bit of oil left in it. I relit the lamp with the lighter, or as the Goreans say "fire-maker," from my pouch. It is a standard flint-and-wheel device, with its tiny wick and reservoir. Goreans do not smoke, of course, but, as they commonly use natural flame for cooking and light, they find such a device, and others like it, utilizing springs and pyrites, with cartridges of oil-saturated tinder moss, and such, of great utility. The common sulfur match, on the other hand, so common on Earth, I have never met with on Gor. The chemistry involved in such a device, interestingly enough, is forbidden on Gor. It is regarded as constituting a violation of the Weapons Laws imposed on Goreans by Priest-Kings. - (Mercenaries of Gor, Chapter )