Book 7. (7 results) Captive of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | 4 | He was bound, traveling over the hills and meadowlands east and north of Ko-ro-ba, for the city of Laura, which lies on the banks of the Laurius river, some two hundred pasangs inland from the coast of the sea, called Thassa. |
| 7 | 5 | Laura is a small trading city, a river port, whose buildings are largely of wood, consisting mostly it seems of warehouses and taverns. |
| 7 | 6 | It is a clearing house for many goods, wood, salt, fish, stone, fur and slaves. |
| 7 | 7 | At the mouth of the Laurius, where it empties into Thassa, is found the free port of Lydius, administered by the merchants, an important Gorean caste. |
| 7 | 8 | From Lydius goods may be embarked for the islands of Thassa, such as Teletus, Hulneth and Asperiche, even Cos and Tyros, and the coastal cities, such as Port Kar and Helmutsport and, far to the south, Schendi and Bazi. |
| 7 | 9 | And, from Lydius, of course, goods of many sorts, though primarily rough goods, such things as tools, crude metal and cloth, brought on barges, towed by tharlarion treading on log roads, following the river, are brought to Laura, for sale and distribution inland. |
| 7 | 10 | The Laurius is a winding, long, gentle, slow river. |
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He was bound, traveling over the hills and meadowlands east and north of Ko-ro-ba, for the city of Laura, which lies on the banks of the Laurius river, some two hundred pasangs inland from the coast of the sea, called Thassa.
Laura is a small trading city, a river port, whose buildings are largely of wood, consisting mostly it seems of warehouses and taverns.
It is a clearing house for many goods, wood, salt, fish, stone, fur and slaves.
At the mouth of the Laurius, where it empties into Thassa, is found the free port of Lydius, administered by the merchants, an important Gorean caste.
From Lydius goods may be embarked for the islands of Thassa, such as Teletus, Hulneth and Asperiche, even Cos and Tyros, and the coastal cities, such as Port Kar and Helmutsport and, far to the south, Schendi and Bazi.
And, from Lydius, of course, goods of many sorts, though primarily rough goods, such things as tools, crude metal and cloth, brought on barges, towed by tharlarion treading on log roads, following the river, are brought to Laura, for sale and distribution inland.
The Laurius is a winding, long, gentle, slow river.
- (Captive of Gor, Chapter )