Book 7. (7 results) Captive of Gor (Context Quote)
Chapter #
Sentence #
Quote
13
173
"They can be eaten," she said.
13
174
I, however, contented myself with nuts and fruits, and roots, and water creatures which resembled those with which I was familiar, and, of course, the flesh of small birds and animals.
13
175
Perhaps the most extraordinary thing Ute did, to my mind, was, with sticks, a flat piece of wood and some binding fiber, make a small fire drill.
13
176
How pleased I was when I saw the small, pointed stick whirling in its wooden pit, and saw the dried flakes of leaves suddenly redden and flash into a tiny flame, which we then fed with leaves and twigs, until it would burn sticks.
13
177
Over tiny fires, using rock-sharpened, green sticks, we roasted our catches.
13
178
We had seen no other human beings since our escape.
13
179
We had slept by day in Ka-la-na thickets, and moved southwestward by night.
"They can be eaten," she said.
I, however, contented myself with nuts and fruits, and roots, and water creatures which resembled those with which I was familiar, and, of course, the flesh of small birds and animals.
Perhaps the most extraordinary thing Ute did, to my mind, was, with sticks, a flat piece of wood and some binding fiber, make a small fire drill.
How pleased I was when I saw the small, pointed stick whirling in its wooden pit, and saw the dried flakes of leaves suddenly redden and flash into a tiny flame, which we then fed with leaves and twigs, until it would burn sticks.
Over tiny fires, using rock-sharpened, green sticks, we roasted our catches.
We had seen no other human beings since our escape.
We had slept by day in Ka-la-na thickets, and moved southwestward by night.
- (Captive of Gor, Chapter )