Book 6. (1 results) Raiders of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 3 | 2 | They are formed entirely from the interwoven stems of the rence plants and float in the marsh. |
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Book 6. (7 results) Raiders of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 2 | 59 | Soon other rence craft, with their curved prows and sterns, had joined us. |
| 2 | 60 | The rence growers, I had learned, communicate by means of such signals, disguised as the cries of marsh gants. |
| 3 | 1 | Ho-Hak The rence islands, on which the communities of rence growers dwell, are rather small, seldom more than two hundred by two hundred and fifty feet. |
| 3 | 2 | They are formed entirely from the interwoven stems of the rence plants and float in the marsh. |
| 3 | 3 | They are generally about eight to nine feet thick and have an exposed surface above the water of about three feet; as the rence stems break and rot away beneath the island, more layers are woven and placed on the surface. |
| 3 | 4 | Thus, over a period of months, a given layer of rence, after being the top layer, will gradually be submerged and forced lower and lower until it, at last, is the deepest layer and, with its adjacent layers, begins to deteriorate. |
| 3 | 5 | To prevent an unwanted movement of the island there are generally several tethers, of marsh vine, to strong rence roots in the vicinity. |
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Soon other rence craft, with their curved prows and sterns, had joined us.
The rence growers, I had learned, communicate by means of such signals, disguised as the cries of marsh gants.
Ho-Hak The rence islands, on which the communities of rence growers dwell, are rather small, seldom more than two hundred by two hundred and fifty feet.
They are formed entirely from the interwoven stems of the rence plants and float in the marsh.
They are generally about eight to nine feet thick and have an exposed surface above the water of about three feet; as the rence stems break and rot away beneath the island, more layers are woven and placed on the surface.
Thus, over a period of months, a given layer of rence, after being the top layer, will gradually be submerged and forced lower and lower until it, at last, is the deepest layer and, with its adjacent layers, begins to deteriorate.
To prevent an unwanted movement of the island there are generally several tethers, of marsh vine, to strong rence roots in the vicinity.
- (Raiders of Gor, Chapter 3)