Book 6. (1 results) Raiders of Gor (Individual Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 14 | 48 | This brings many more free fighting men, the oarsmen, into any action which might be required. |
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Book 6. (7 results) Raiders of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 14 | 45 | This arrangement, one man to an oar, and oars in groups of three, and oars mounted in the rowing frame, long and beautiful sweeps, has been found extremely practical in the Gorean navies. |
| 14 | 46 | It is almost universal on ram-ships. |
| 14 | 47 | The rowing deck, further, is open to the air, thereby differing from the rowing holds of round ships. |
| 14 | 48 | This brings many more free fighting men, the oarsmen, into any action which might be required. |
| 14 | 49 | They, while rowing, are protected, incidentally, by a parapet fixed on the rowing frame. |
| 14 | 50 | Between each pair of benches, behind the parapet, is one bowman. |
| 14 | 51 | The thole ports in a given group of three are about ten inches apart and the groups themselves, center to center, are a bit less than four feet apart. |
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This arrangement, one man to an oar, and oars in groups of three, and oars mounted in the rowing frame, long and beautiful sweeps, has been found extremely practical in the Gorean navies.
It is almost universal on ram-ships.
The rowing deck, further, is open to the air, thereby differing from the rowing holds of round ships.
This brings many more free fighting men, the oarsmen, into any action which might be required.
They, while rowing, are protected, incidentally, by a parapet fixed on the rowing frame.
Between each pair of benches, behind the parapet, is one bowman.
The thole ports in a given group of three are about ten inches apart and the groups themselves, center to center, are a bit less than four feet apart.
- (Raiders of Gor, Chapter 14)