Book 36. (1 results) Avengers of Gor (Individual Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 4 | 30 | Commonly the same drum used by the keleustes to adjust and regularize rowing serves for signaling. |
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Book 36. (7 results) Avengers of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | 27 | We were astern of her, and she was to port. |
| 4 | 28 | The sound of the drum carried across the water. |
| 4 | 29 | On the stem deck of the Dorna, surmounting the stem castle, we counted the beats. |
| 4 | 30 | Commonly the same drum used by the keleustes to adjust and regularize rowing serves for signaling. |
| 4 | 31 | There are many differences in how this is done, given the desiderata of clarity, speed, secrecy, and such. |
| 4 | 32 | Most commonly, cyphers are involved, as opposed to signals for words or commands, such as 'enemy sighted', 'prepare for battle', 'convene', 'withdraw', 'return to port', and such. |
| 4 | 33 | The cyphers, substitution cyphers naturally, are correlated, in one way or another, with letters in the Gorean alphabet, a long beat followed by two short beats, say, standing for a given letter, and so on. |
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We were astern of her, and she was to port.
The sound of the drum carried across the water.
On the stem deck of the Dorna, surmounting the stem castle, we counted the beats.
Commonly the same drum used by the keleustes to adjust and regularize rowing serves for signaling.
There are many differences in how this is done, given the desiderata of clarity, speed, secrecy, and such.
Most commonly, cyphers are involved, as opposed to signals for words or commands, such as 'enemy sighted', 'prepare for battle', 'convene', 'withdraw', 'return to port', and such.
The cyphers, substitution cyphers naturally, are correlated, in one way or another, with letters in the Gorean alphabet, a long beat followed by two short beats, say, standing for a given letter, and so on.
- (Avengers of Gor, Chapter 4)