Book 10. (7 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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It has a salty taste like much of the water of the Tahari but it is completely drinkable, not having been filtered through the salt accumulations.
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43
It contains only the salt normal in Tahari drinking water.
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44
The salt in the normal Tahari fresh water, incidentally, is not without its value, for, when drunk, it helps to some extent, though it is not in itself sufficient, to prevent salt loss in animals and men through sweating.
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salt, of course, like water, is essential to life.
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46
Sweating is dangerous in the Tahari.
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47
This has something to do with the normally graceful, almost languid movements of the nomads and animals of the area.
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The heavy garments of the Tahari, too, have as two of their main objectives the prevention of water loss, and the retention of moisture on the skin, slowing water loss by evaporation.
It has a salty taste like much of the water of the Tahari but it is completely drinkable, not having been filtered through the salt accumulations.
It contains only the salt normal in Tahari drinking water.
The salt in the normal Tahari fresh water, incidentally, is not without its value, for, when drunk, it helps to some extent, though it is not in itself sufficient, to prevent salt loss in animals and men through sweating.
salt, of course, like water, is essential to life.
Sweating is dangerous in the Tahari.
This has something to do with the normally graceful, almost languid movements of the nomads and animals of the area.
The heavy garments of the Tahari, too, have as two of their main objectives the prevention of water loss, and the retention of moisture on the skin, slowing water loss by evaporation.
- (Tribesmen of Gor, Chapter )