Book 6. (7 results) Raiders of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 10 | 15 | There are commonly about one hundred and twenty captains who form the council, sometimes a few more, sometimes a few less. |
| 10 | 16 | Admittance to the council is based on being master of at least five ships. |
| 10 | 17 | Surbus had not been a particularly important captain, but he had been the master of a fleet of seven, now mine. |
| 10 | 18 | These five ships, pertinent to council membership, may be either the round ships, with deep holds for merchandise, or the long ships, ram-ships, ships of war. |
| 10 | 19 | Both are predominantly oared vessels, but the round ship carries a heavier, permanent rigging, and supports more sail, being generally two-masted. |
| 10 | 20 | The round ship, of course, is not round, but it does have a much wider beam to its length of keel, say, about one to six, whereas the ratios of the war galleys are about one to eight. |
| 10 | 21 | The five ships, it might be added, must be of at least medium class. |
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There are commonly about one hundred and twenty captains who form the council, sometimes a few more, sometimes a few less.
Admittance to the council is based on being master of at least five ships.
Surbus had not been a particularly important captain, but he had been the master of a fleet of seven, now mine.
These five ships, pertinent to council membership, may be either the round ships, with deep holds for merchandise, or the long ships, ram-ships, ships of war.
Both are predominantly oared vessels, but the round ship carries a heavier, permanent rigging, and supports more sail, being generally two-masted.
The round ship, of course, is not round, but it does have a much wider beam to its length of keel, say, about one to six, whereas the ratios of the war galleys are about one to eight.
The five ships, it might be added, must be of at least medium class.
- (Raiders of Gor, Chapter )