Book 10. (7 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 16 | 55 | I, too, watched the water. |
| 16 | 56 | The light of our lamps flickered on the surface, yellowly, in broken, shifting refractions. |
| 16 | 57 | "There!" said one of the men. |
| 16 | 58 | Lelts are often attracted to the salt rafts, largely by the vibrations in the water, picked up by their abnormally developed lateral-line protrusions, and their fernlike cranial vibration receptors, from the cones and poles. |
| 16 | 59 | Too, though they are blind, I think either the light, or the heat, perhaps, from our lamps, draws them. |
| 16 | 60 | The tiny, eyeless heads will thrust from the water, and the fernlike filaments at the side of the head will open and lift, orienting themselves to one or the other of the lamps. |
| 16 | 61 | The lelt is commonly five to seven inches in length. |
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I, too, watched the water.
The light of our lamps flickered on the surface, yellowly, in broken, shifting refractions.
"There!" said one of the men.
Lelts are often attracted to the salt rafts, largely by the vibrations in the water, picked up by their abnormally developed lateral-line protrusions, and their fernlike cranial vibration receptors, from the cones and poles.
Too, though they are blind, I think either the light, or the heat, perhaps, from our lamps, draws them.
The tiny, eyeless heads will thrust from the water, and the fernlike filaments at the side of the head will open and lift, orienting themselves to one or the other of the lamps.
The lelt is commonly five to seven inches in length.
- (Tribesmen of Gor, Chapter )